492 - Torulaspora delbrueckii

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:492
Name:Torulaspora delbrueckii
Depositor:B.L. Brady
Deposit Name:Saccharomyces rosei
Deposit Month: 
Deposit Year:1957
Equivalent Strain Designations: 
Habitat:Fermenting bottled orange juice.
References:M. Richards & F.R. Elliott, Nature, 209, 536, 1966.

Physical Characteristics:

Optimum Temperature:25°
Miniumum Temperature:10°
Maximum Temperature:25°

Cells:

Shape:Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:3
Max Broth Breadth:6
Min Broth Length:3
Max Broth Length:8
Min Agar Breadth:3
Max Agar Breadth:7
Min Agar Length:4
Max Agar Length:8
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:N/A
Pellicle Habitat:N/A

Cell Division:

Budding:Multipolar
Fission:Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:Irregularly branched
Pseudomycelium Form:Unknown
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:Round
Ascospore Wall:Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:4
Ascus Shape:Oval
Conjugation:Present
Teliospores:Absent
Teliospore Shape:N/A

Miscellaneous:

Assay:No
Salt Tolerant:-
Killer:No
Plasmid:Yes

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation:

Glucose:+
Galactose:-
Sucrose:+
Maltose:-
Cellobiose:-
Trehalose:-
Lactose:-
Melibiose:-
Raffinose:Weak/Latent
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:Weak/Latent
Glycerol:Weak/Latent
Erythritol:-
Ribitol:-
Galactitol:-
Mannitol:Weak/Latent
Sorbitol:Weak/Latent
A M D Glucoside:-
Salicin:-
Lactic Acid:-
Succinic Acid:-
Citric Acid:-
Inositol:-
Gluconolactone:-
Glucosamine:-
Methanol:-
Xylitol:Unknown

Aerobic Utilistaion and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen:

NH4 2SO4:+
KNO3:-
Ethylamine:Weak/Latent
Cadaverine:Weak/Latent
Lysine:Unknown

Other:

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

Information:

Information:Test results and ascus morphology suggest that this is likely to be a mis-identified Zygosaccharomyces bailii strain.

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.