497 - Pichia canadensis

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:497
Name:Pichia canadensis
Depositor:L.J. Wickerham, NRRL.
Deposit Name:Hansenula canadensis
Deposit Month:April
Deposit Year:1957
Equivalent Strain Designations:ATCC 18079, CBS 1992, CCRC 20482, CCRC 22407, DBVPG 6262, IFO 0973, JCM 3597, NRRL Y-1888, UCD 74-71
Habitat:Insect frass on Pinus resinosa (red pine), Ontario, Canada.
References:Wickerham, US.Dep.Agric.Tech.Bull.1029, Washington 1951, p.26.^Kurtzman, Mycologia 79: 410-417, 1987 (DNA).^Fuson et al., Int.J.Syst.Bacteriol. 29: 64-69, 1979 (DNA).^Yamada et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 19: 189-208, 1973 (CoQ.^Hou CT. pH dependence and thermostability of lipases from cultures from the ARS Culture Collection. J. Ind. Microbiol. 13: 242-248, 1994.^

Physical Characteristics:

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

Cells:

Shape:Oval
Min Broth Breadth:2
Max Broth Breadth:3
Min Broth Length:2
Max Broth Length:5
Min Agar Breadth:1
Max Agar Breadth:3
Min Agar Length:2
Max Agar Length:5
Arrangement:Pairs
Colour on Agar:White
Surface on Agar:Shiny
Texture on Agar:Smooth
Deposit in Broth:Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:Complete
Ring Colour:White
Pellicle in Broth:Thin
Pellicle Appearance:Milky
Pellicle Habitat:Climbing

Cell Division:

Budding:Multipolar
Fission:Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:Unknown
Pseudomycelium Form:Mycotorula
Blastospores:Many
Blastospore Shape:Oval
Blastospore Location:Verticils
Blastospore Habit:Unknown
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:2
Ascus Shape:Unknown
Conjugation:Absent
Teliospores:Absent
Teliospore Shape:Unknown

Miscellaneous:

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

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation:

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

Aerobic Utilistaion and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen:

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

Other:

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

Information:

Information:Produces lipases active at pH 9.0 at 60C (Hou CT, 1994).

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.