Food and Nutrition:
Rhodotorula |
Yeasts that may cause red, pink, or yellow discolouration in foods.
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Rhodotorula
| Veterinary Dictionary: Rhodotorula |
An imperfect yeast, a skin contaminant and occasional secondary infection of skin lesions, and occasional cause of bovine mastitis.
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Rhodotorula is a pigmented yeast, part of the Basidiomycota phylum, easily identifiable by distinctive orange/red colonies when grown on SDA (Sabaroud's Dextrose Agar). This distinctive colour is the result of pigments that the yeast creates to block out certain wavelengths of light that would otherwise be damaging to the cell. Colony colour can vary from being cream coloured to orange/red/pink or yellow.
Rhodotorula is a common environmental inhabitant. It can be cultured from soil, water, and air samples.
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 | Food and Nutrition. A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. Copyright © 1995, 2003, 2005 by A. E. Bender and D. A. Bender. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved. Read more |
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