Abstract
The events which occur in the early stages of the mating process of the yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides between strains M-919 (mating type A) and M-1057 (mating type a) were investigated. In preliminary experiments we determined the frequency of mating by two newly designed methods: the liquid culture method and the membrane-filter microculture method. The mating frequencies of strains M-919 and M-1057 were 89% in the liquid culture method and 62% in the membrane-filter microculture method. The early stages in the mating process included the following events: (i) M-919 cells produce constitutively the extracellular inducing substance (A factor), (ii) M-1057 cells receive A factor, and in response to it they form mating tubes and secrete another inducing substance (a factor), (iii) M-919 cells receive a factor, and in response to it they form mating tubes, (iv) mating tubes elongate to the cells or the tubes of mating partner, (v) tips of the growing tubes recognize the opposite mating type cells or their tubes, followed by cell-to-cell fusion.
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