%0 Journal Article %A Vishniac, H. S. %A Takashima, M. %T Rhodotorula arctica sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast from Arctic soil %D 2010 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 60 %N 5 %P 1215-1218 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.014910-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X Three isolates, typified by Pro94 Y29T (=JCM 13290T =CBS 9278T =DBVPG 7841T), that represent a novel species, Rhodotorula arctica sp. nov., were studied. R. arctica differed from its only close relative, Bensingtonia yamatoana, by requiring thiamine and by failing to assimilate maltose and quinate, but strain Pro94 Y29T could be most readily identified using the rDNA sequence of the LSU D1/D2 region, which differed from that of B. yamatoana CBS 7423T at four positions, and the ITS sequence, which differed at nine positions. One R. arctica isolate, Pro94 Y56 (=JCM 13292 =CBS 9280 =DBVPG Y7843), was unique in requiring either l-arginine or l-citrulline as a source of nitrogen. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.014910-0