Synthetic fungicides are commonly employed for the control of postharvest diseases of fruits. However, due to health concerns about the use of these chemicals, alternative control methods including biocontrol based on antagonistic yeasts are gaining in popularity. In this study, we investigated the effects of two biocontrol yeasts, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa strain 3617 and Rhodotorula kratochvil...

Of the 136 strains of Fusarium examined, T-2 toxin was confirmed by thinlayer chromatography in 13 of the 21 extracts that inhibited either Rhodotorula rubra or Pencillium digitatum.

New direct evidence of the relationship between the yeast form genus Rhodotorula and heterobasidiomycetous fungi is presented, namely, a new species of the heterobasidiomycetous genus Rhodosporidium with a rhodotoruloid yeast phase. The new species has the Rhodosporidium life cycle but differs significantly from, and is not interfertile with, described species of the genus. It was isolated from...

ENGLISH/ANGLAIS] Affiliations: 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Microbiology unit, Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State, NIGERIA 2 Department of Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, NIGERIA Address for Correspondence/ Adresse pour la Correspondance: [email protected] Accepted/Accepté: February, 2012 Citation: Jimoh SO, Ado SA, Ameh JB, Whong CMZ. Characteristics...