44 - Pichia membranifaciens

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:44
Name:Pichia membranifaciens
Depositor:A. Harden, Lister Institute.
Deposit Name:Mycoderma cerevisiae
Deposit Month:January
Deposit Year:1921
Equivalent Strain Designations:NCTC 819
Habitat:Unknown
References:A.E. Wiles, J.Inst. Brew., 1950, 56, p.192.^J. Inst. Brew., 1952, 58, p.140.

Physical Characteristics:

Optimum Temperature:27.5°
Miniumum Temperature:11°
Maximum Temperature:32.2°

Cells:

Shape:Oval
Min Broth Breadth:2
Max Broth Breadth:4
Min Broth Length:3
Max Broth Length:8
Min Agar Breadth:3
Max Agar Breadth:5
Min Agar Length:4
Max Agar Length:6
Arrangement:Single
Colour on Agar:Cream
Surface on Agar:Dull
Texture on Agar:Rough
Deposit in Broth:Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:Absent
Ring Colour:Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:Thick
Pellicle Appearance:Wrinkled
Pellicle Habitat:Not Climbing

Cell Division:

Budding:Multipolar
Fission:Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:Regularly branched
Pseudomycelium Form: 
Blastospores:Few
Blastospore Shape:Oval
Blastospore Location:Dispersed
Blastospore Habit:Single
True Mycelium:Absent
Clamp Connections:Absent

Asexual Spores:

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

Sexual Spores:

Ascospores:Present
Ascospore Shape:Hat
Ascospore Wall:Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:4
Ascus Shape:Round
Conjugation:Absent
Teliospores:Absent
Teliospore Shape: 

Miscellaneous:

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

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation:

Glucose:-
Galactose:-
Sucrose:-
Maltose:-
Cellobiose:-
Trehalose:-
Lactose:-
Melibiose:-
Raffinose:-
Melizitose:-
Inulin:-
Soluble Starch:-
Xylose:-
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:Weak/Latent
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:-
Lipolytic:-
Acid Production�:-
37c Growth:-
40c Growth: 
Arbutin Hydrolysis:-
Urease Activity:-
Starch Production:-
Acid Tolerant:-

Information:

Information: 

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.