100 - Kluyveromyces marxianus

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:100
Name:Kluyveromyces marxianus
Depositor:A. Jörgensen
Deposit Name:Saccharomyces fragilis
Deposit Month:March
Deposit Year:1927
Equivalent Strain Designations:ATCC 10022, CBS 6432, CCRC 21628, NCTC 2303, NRRL Y-665
Habitat:Unknown
References:Methods Enzymol. 5: 187, 1962.(Production of UDP galactose 4-epimerase )^Biotechnol.Bioeng.Symp. 13:421-435, 1983. (Production of Ethanol).

Physical Characteristics:

Optimum Temperature:38.6°
Miniumum Temperature:8.1°
Maximum Temperature:41.2°

Cells:

Shape:Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:3
Max Broth Breadth:5
Min Broth Length:3
Max Broth Length:13
Min Agar Breadth:2
Max Agar Breadth:5
Min Agar Length:3
Max Agar Length:16
Arrangement:Pairs
Colour on Agar:Cream
Surface on Agar:Shiny
Texture on Agar:Smooth
Deposit in Broth:Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:Absent
Ring Colour:Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:Absent
Pellicle Appearance: 
Pellicle Habitat: 

Cell Division:

Budding:Multipolar
Fission:Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:Ill formed
Pseudomycelium Branch: 
Pseudomycelium Form:Unknown
Blastospores:Many
Blastospore Shape:Unknown
Blastospore Location:Verticils
Blastospore Habit:Unknown
True Mycelium:Absent
Clamp Connections:Absent

Asexual Spores:

Ballistospores:Absent
Arthrospores: 
Endospores:Absent
Chlamydospores:Absent

Sexual Spores:

Ascospores:Present
Ascospore Shape:Reniform
Ascospore Wall:Unknown
Ascospore No Per Ascus:4
Ascus Shape:Unknown
Conjugation:Absent
Teliospores:Absent
Teliospore Shape: 

Miscellaneous:

Assay:Unknown
Salt Tolerant:-
Killer:Unknown
Plasmid:Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation:

Glucose:+
Galactose:+
Sucrose:+
Maltose:-
Cellobiose:-
Trehalose:-
Lactose:+
Melibiose:-
Raffinose:+
Melizitose:-
Inulin:+
Soluble Starch:-
Xylose:Unknown
A M D Glucoside:-

Aerobic Utilistaion and Growth:

Glucose:+
Galactose:+
Sorbose:-
Sucrose:+
Maltose:-
Cellobiose:Weak/Latent
Trehalose:-
Lactose:+
Melibiose:-
Raffinose:+
Melizitose:-
Inulin:+
Soluble Starch:-
Xylose:+
L Arabinose:+
D Arabinose:-
Ribose:+
Rhamnose:-
Ethanol:+
Glycerol:+
Erythritol:-
Ribitol:+
Galactitol:-
Mannitol:+
Sorbitol:+
A M D Glucoside:-
Salicin:+
Lactic Acid:+
Succinic Acid:+
Citric Acid:+
Inositol:-
Gluconolactone:Weak/Latent
Glucosamine:-
Methanol:-
Xylitol:+

Aerobic Utilistaion and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen:

NH4 2SO4:+
KNO3:-
Ethylamine:+
Cadaverine:+
Lysine: 

Other:

Vitamin Free Growth:-
Cyclohex 100ppm:+
Cyclohex 1000ppm:-
50% Glucose Growth:-
60% Glucose Growth:-
Lipolytic: 
Acid Production�:-
37c Growth:+
40c Growth: 
Arbutin Hydrolysis:+
Urease Activity:-
Starch Production:-
Acid Tolerant:-

Information:

Information:Applications: production of ethanol from whey, production of UDP galactose-4-epimerase.

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.