Rhodotorula glutinis

Ring fission clearly occurs during the metabolism of phenol (Walker 1973) by the yeast Rhodotorula glutinis, and of aromatic acids by various fungi (Cain et al. 1968 Durham et al. 1984 Gupta et al. 1986). 

Walker N (1973) Metabolism of chlorophenols by Rhodotorula glutinis. Soil Biol Biochem 5 525-530. 

Wondrack LM, C-A Hsu, MT Abbott (1978) Thymine-7-hydroxylase and pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside 2 -hydroxylase activities m Rhodotorula glutinis. J Biol Chem 253 6511-6515. 

Unusual 2-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenations have been found in the yeast Rhodotorula glutinis ... 

Wetzstein H-G, N Schmeer, W Karl (1997) Degradation of the fluoroquinolone enrofloxacin by the brown-rot fungus Gleophyllum striatum identification of metabolites. Appl Environ Microbiol 63 4272-4281. Wondrack LM, C-A Hsu, MT Abbott (1978) Thymine-7-hydroxylase and pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside 2 -hydroxylase activities in Rhodotorula glutinis. J Biol Chem 253 6511-6515. 

Gupta JK, Sharma P, Kern HW et al (1990) Degradation of synthetic lignins and some lignin monomers by the yeast Rhodotorula glutinis. World J Microb Biotechnol 6 53-58... 

Pigmentation Rhodotorula glutinis. Sporobolomyces spp. Carotenoids (pink, red) Rhodotorula ghitmis causes pink sauerkraut and discolors the surface of high-moisture cheeses. 

Hygiene — + + Geotricium candidum Trichosporon spp. Rhodotorula glutinis (red/pink yeast) Bacillus spp. (bacteria with... 

The mannan from Rhodotorula glutinis contains87 alternating (l- 3)- and (1— 4)-Iinked /3-D-mannopyranosyl residues (repeating structure 8). The absence of consecutive, (1— 3) and (1—>4) linkages... 

Rhodotorula glutinis is a common saprophyte on various substrates disseminated cases in patients with compromised innate immunity do occur. Sepsis due to the use of indwelling catheters has repeatedly been reported. The species is also implicated in cases of keratitis and dacryoadenitis [80]. R. mucilaginosa is an additional species of clinical importance [262]. Genotypic methods are necessary to identity these species unequivocally [208]. 

The induction and stabilization of PAL activity during the cultivation of the microorganism Rhodotorula glutinis were investigated and all the parameters for the conversion of (F)-3-phenyl-2-propenoic acid to L-phenylalanine were optimized 36. Up to 18 mg of L-phenylalanine per mL of reaction mixture can be produced, when using 7,5 M ammonia and <0.15 M ( )-3-phenyl-2-propenoic acid, but reuse of recovered cells is impractical. 

An apparently similar type of mannan is formed exocellularly by a certain Rhodotorula species. Rhodotorula glutinis mannan has a specific rotation of —78°, and consists of a linear chain of at least 90 units, which is overoxidized somewhat with periodate, consuming 0.61 mole of oxidant with formation of 0.07 mole of acid per mole of mannose residue after two days. Partial hydrolysis gives 4-0-)3-D-mannopyranosyl-D-mannose and 0-j8-D-mannopyranosyl-(1 3)-0-/8-D-mannopyranosyl-(1 4)-D-mannose, but a)8-D-(l- 4)-linked manno-triose is not detectable. Since 2-0-j8-D-mannopyranosyl-D-erythritol is obtained from the mannan by a Smith degradation, an alternating ar-... 

Extracts of Rhodotorula glutinis cells contain a galactan or phosphonogalactan that has been isolated through an insoluble, cetyl-trimethylammonium complex. ... 

S. Yamada, K. Nabe, N. Izuo, K. Nakamichi, and I. Chibata, Production of L-phenylalanine from trans-dnnamic add with Rhodotorula glutinis containing L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity, Appi. Enuiron. Microbid., 42 773 (1981). 

Unlike Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a strain of Rhodotorula glutinis (gracilis), takes up monosaccharides by unequivocally active transport.203 207 The carrier appears to have wide substrate-specificity, transporting D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-mannose, L-rham-nose, D-ribose, D-xylose, and L-xylose. D-Xylose may be concentrated by the cells as much as a thousand-fold.203... 

Fig. 2. —Temperature Dependence of Net Transport of D-Xylose into Rhodotorula glutinis (gracilis) [—O—] (Heller and Coworkers, 1974)212 and of D-Ribose into Pichia fermentans [— —] (Barnett, 1975).20 [Rate of transport = Iog(0 (gg of sugar/mg of dry weight of yeast/min).]...

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