Sporidiobolus

Sporidiobolus is a genus of Basidiomycota found in the family Sporidiobolaceae. It contains 8 species.[1] It is one of the few genera within Basidiomycota that can reproduce asexually in yeast-form.[2]

Sporidiobolus
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Sporidiobolus

Nyland 1950
Species

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Species

  • Sporidiobolus johnsonii
  • Sporidiobolus longiusculus
  • Sporidiobolus metaroseus
  • Sporidiobolus microsporus
  • Sporidiobolus pararoseus
  • Sporidiobolus ruineniae
  • Sporidiobolus ruineniae var. ruineniae
  • Sporidiobolus salmonicolor
  • Sporidiobolus veronae

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 656. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  2. Pfaller, Michael A.; Diekema, Daniel J.; Merz, William G. (2009). "Chapter 10 - Infections caused by non-Candida, non-Cryptococcus yeasts". Clinical Mycology (2 ed.). Elsevier. pp. 251–270. ISBN 978-1-4160-5680-5.


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