ABSTRACT
The genus Sporobolomyces is a basidiomycetous yeast classi–ed in the mitosporic Sporidiobolales group, order Sporidiobolales, class Microbotryomycetes, phylum Basidiomycota, kingdom Fungi. The mitosporic Sporidiobolales group comprises two genera: Rhodotorula and Sporobolomyces; and the genus Sporobolomyces currently contains >20 recognized species as well as >30 unassigned species, of which Sporobolomyces roseus and Sporobolomyces salmonicolor are involved in human infections [1-14]. The teleomorphs of the genus Sporobolomyces are found in the genus Sporidiobolus [15].
