R. seeberi grows in
SDA
HeLa cell line
Mac Neal's medium
Not cultivable
Numerous attempts have been made for many decades to propagate R.seeberi, from either rhinosporidial tissue or from saprophytic sources, on inanimate as well as cell-containing media in vitro. Various types of culture media with nutritional additives have been used. There has been no repo of successful in vitro culture and propagation in subculture. ** R.seeberi is no more considered a fungi "R.seeberi, paicularly that it is not a classic fungus "but rather the first known human pathogen from the DRIPs clade, a novel clade of aquatic protistan parasites. (Mesomycetozoa) " Ref : Ananthanarayana textbook of Microbiology 9th edition Pgno : 603
mycology