Mikrobiol. Z. 2016; 78(5):2-11.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/microbiolj78.05.002

Complex Identification of Red Yeast Isolate from Gastrointestinal Tract
of Hucul Long-Liver (Carpathians, Ukraine)

Fomina M.A.1, Polishchuk L.V.1, Tkachenko K.S.1 Hong J.W.2, Zelena L.B.1, Ianieva O.D.1, Pidgorskyi V.S.1

1Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology, NAS of Ukraine
154 Akad. Zabolotny Str., Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine

2National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea
Seocheon, 33662, South Korea

The red yeasts are currently widely discussed and controversial group of yeasts because of the growing number of reports of their ability to become opportunistic pathogens of plants, animals and humans. The aim of this work was complex identifcation of the red yeast culture isolated from gastrointestinal tract of healthy Hucul long-liver from the Carpathians highland region of Ukraine. Torularhodin was found to be a major component within yeast culture carotenoids complex. According to conventional biochemical and morphological approaches as well as to molecular biological investigation of internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) of ribosomal operon it was concluded that isolate belonged to species Rhodotorula mucilaginosa.

Key words: red yeasts, identifcation, carotenoids, ITS, phylogram.

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