Rhodotorula

Rhodotorula genus, pigmented, part of the division Basidiomycota in the  family Sporidiobolaceae (Fell et al., 2000), ubiquitous saprophytic yeasts that can  be isolated from environmental samples. The genus contains 37 species, of which  only three, R. mucilaginosa (formerly R. rubra), R. minuta and R. glutinis causes of  infection in humans (Biswas et al., 2001). R. rosulata, R. silvestris and R. straminea,three novel species, non-pathogenic to humans have been reported (Goluveb et  al., 2010). There were no reported cases of Rhodotorula infections before 1985  (Writh and Gldani, 2012). There is noevidence of human to human transmission  of Rhodotorula species.