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Myo-inositol assimilating new species of Rhodotorula Harrison

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A new species of anamorphic basidiomycetous yeasts, Rhodotorula pinalis, was isolated from needle litter of Pinus sylvestris L. collected in Moscow oblast (Russia). The cultures are nonpigmented; nitrate- and myo-inositol-positive, forming no ballistoconidia.

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  1. Russian Collection of Microorganisms, Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

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Original Russian Text © W.I. Golubev, 2010, published in Mikologiya i Fitopatologiya, 2010, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 310–314.

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Golubev, W.I. Myo-inositol assimilating new species of Rhodotorula Harrison. Microbiology 79, 862–864 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002626171006024X

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