''Sporobolomyces'' is a fungal
genus of uncertain
familial
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placement in the order
Sporidiobolales
The Sporidiobolales are an order of fungi in the Microbotryomycetes class of the Basidiomycota. The order contains a single family, the Sporidiobolaceae, which in turn contains seven genera and 83 species. Three of these genera, '' Aessosporon'', ...
. Species in the genus are
anamorph
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*Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage (morph), typically a fruiting body.
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ic
yeasts. Teleomorphic forms are included in the genus ''
Sporidiobolus''. Generic
synonyms
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of ''Sporobolomyces'' include ''Amphiernia'' Grüss (1927),
and ''Prosporobolomyces'' E.K.Novák & Zsolt (1961),
and ''Ballistosporomyces'' Nakase, G.Okada & Sugiy. (1989).
''Sporobolomyces'' species produce ballisto
conidia
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that are bilaterally symmetrical, they have
Coenzyme Q10 or Coenzyme Q
10(H
2) as their major
ubiquinone, they lack
xylose
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in whole-cell
hydrolysates, and they cannot
ferment
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sugars.
Species
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S. alborubescens''
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S. bannaensis''
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S. beijingensis''
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S. bischofiae''
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S. clavatus''
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S. coprosmae''
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S. coprosmicola''
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S. corallinus''
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S. dimmenae''
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S. dracophylli''
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S. elongatus''
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S. gracilis''
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S. inositophilus''
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S. johnsonii''
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S. koalae''
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S. magnisporus''
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S. novozealandicus''
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S. odorus''
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S. patagonicus''
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S. productus''
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S. roseus''
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S. sasicola''
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S. salmonicolor''
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S. shibatanus''
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S. singularis''
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S. subbrunneus''
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S. symmetricus''
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S. syzygii''
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S. taupoensis''
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S. tsugae''
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S. xanthus''
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S. yunnanensis''
References
External links
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Basidiomycota genera
Basidiomycota enigmatic taxa
Sporidiobolales