2545 - Candida tenuis

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:2545
Name:Candida tenuis
Depositor:CBS
Deposit Name:Candida tenuis
Deposit Month:July
Deposit Year:1994
Equivalent Strain Designations:ATCC 58782, CBS 4285, CCRC 21772, NRRL Y-17106.
Habitat:Insect
References:Toivola A , et al. Alcoholic fermentation of D-xylose by yeasts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 47: 1221-1223, 1984.^Jurzitza, Arch.Mikrobiol. 33: 305, 1959.^

Physical Characteristics:

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

Cells:

Shape:Long-oval
Min Broth Breadth:3
Max Broth Breadth:5
Min Broth Length:4
Max Broth Length:6
Min Agar Breadth:3
Max Agar Breadth:6
Min Agar Length:4
Max Agar Length:7
Arrangement:Unknown
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:Thin
Pellicle Appearance:Milky
Pellicle Habitat:Not Climbing

Cell Division:

Budding:Multipolar
Fission:Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch: 
Pseudomycelium Form:Mycocandida
Blastospores:Few
Blastospore Shape:Oval
Blastospore Location:Unknown
Blastospore Habit:Unknown
True Mycelium:Absent
Clamp Connections:Absent

Asexual Spores:

Ballistospores:Absent
Arthrospores:Absent
Endospores:Absent
Chlamydospores:Absent

Sexual Spores:

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

Miscellaneous:

Assay:Unknown
Salt Tolerant:Unknown
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:Weak/Latent
Sucrose:+
Maltose:+
Cellobiose:+
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:Weak/Latent
Succinic Acid:+
Citric Acid:+
Inositol:-
Gluconolactone:+
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:Unknown
Lipolytic:-
Acid Production�:-
37c Growth:-
40c Growth: 
Arbutin Hydrolysis:+
Urease Activity:Unknown
Starch Production:-
Acid Tolerant:Unknown

Information:

Information:Degrades xylose (D-xylose).^Produces ethyl alcohol (ethanol).

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.