132 - Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:132
Name:Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Depositor:A.C. Chapman
Deposit Name:Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Deposit Month:February
Deposit Year:1921
Equivalent Strain Designations:ATCC 26192, ATCC 24751, CBS 10391, NCTC 902
Habitat:From African Millet Beer
References:Production of Beta-glucan endohydrolase (A.v. Leeuwenhoek, 1972, 38, 65-80).^Ethanol from D-xylulose (Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 1980, 94, 248-254).^Flocculation induction (A.v. Leeuwenhoek, 1979, 45, 391. Pl. Cell. Physiol., 1980, 21, 613-625. Can. J. Biochem., 1982, 60, 693).

Physical Characteristics:

Optimum Temperature: °
Miniumum Temperature: °
Maximum Temperature: °

Cells:

Shape:Long-oval
Min Broth Breadth:2
Max Broth Breadth:3
Min Broth Length:5
Max Broth Length:22
Min Agar Breadth:2
Max Agar Breadth:4
Min Agar Length:4
Max Agar Length:15
Arrangement:Single
Colour on Agar:Cream
Surface on Agar:Shiny
Texture on Agar:Smooth
Deposit in Broth:Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:Absent
Ring Colour:Pink
Pellicle in Broth:Absent
Pellicle Appearance:Wrinkled
Pellicle Habitat:Climbing

Cell Division:

Budding:Absent
Fission:Present

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:Absent
Pseudomycelium Branch:N/A
Pseudomycelium Form:N/A
Blastospores:Absent
Blastospore Shape:N/A
Blastospore Location:N/A
Blastospore Habit:N/A
True Mycelium:Absent
Clamp Connections:Absent

Asexual Spores:

Ballistospores:Absent
Arthrospores: 
Endospores:Absent
Chlamydospores:Absent

Sexual Spores:

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

Miscellaneous:

Assay:No
Salt Tolerant:<10%
Killer:No
Plasmid:Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation:

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

Aerobic Utilistaion and Growth:

Glucose:+
Galactose:-
Sorbose:-
Sucrose:+
Maltose:+
Cellobiose:-
Trehalose:-
Lactose:-
Melibiose:-
Raffinose:+
Melizitose:-
Inulin:-
Soluble Starch:-
Xylose:-
L Arabinose:-
D Arabinose:-
Ribose:-
Rhamnose:-
Ethanol:-
Glycerol:-
Erythritol:-
Ribitol:-
Galactitol:Unknown
Mannitol:-
Sorbitol:-
A M D Glucoside:+
Salicin:-
Lactic Acid:Unknown
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:Unknown

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:Unknown
Acid Tolerant:-

Information:

Information:Production of ß-glucan endohydrolase (A.v. Leeuwenhoek, 1972, 38, 65-80); Ethanol from D-xylulose (Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 1980, 94, 248-254); Flocculation induction (A.v. Leeuwenhoek, 1979, 45, 391, Pl. Cell. Physiol., 1980, 21, 613-625, Can. J. Biochem., 1982, 60, 693).

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.