Rhodosporidium toruloides is a nonpathogenic,
red-colored basidiomycetous fungus. It is an oleaginous yeast that
can accumulate lipids over 70% of its dry cell weight.
Under low nitrogen growth conditions it accumulates lipids and
carotenoids. It is currently being explored as an alternative host
for the production of advanced biofuels and chemicals. In
addition, it can serve as a new model system for understanding the
genetic control of lipid productivity and for comparative studies
with other oleaginous yeast, such as Yarrowia and
Lipomyces spp. The strains IFO0880, IFO0559,
IFO1236 were obtained from NBRC culture collection
(http://www.nbrc.nite.go.jp). For further information, please
email: [email protected] and [email protected].
Genome Reference(s)
Please cite the following publication(s) if you use the data from this genome in your research:
Zhang S, Skerker JM, Rutter CD, Maurer MJ, Arkin AP, Rao CV
Engineering Rhodosporidium toruloides for increased lipid production.
Biotechnol Bioeng. 2016 May;113(5):1056-66. doi: 10.1002/bit.25864
Zhang S, Skerker JM, Rutter CD, Maurer MJ, Arkin AP, Rao CV
Engineering Rhodosporidium toruloides for increased lipid production.
Biotechnol Bioeng. 2016 May;113(5):1056-66. doi: 10.1002/bit.25864