502 - Rhodotorula graminis

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:502
Name:Rhodotorula graminis
Depositor:M.E. di Menna
Deposit Name:Rhodotorula graminis
Deposit Month:August
Deposit Year:1957
Equivalent Strain Designations:ATCC 32768, CBS 2826, CCRC 22584, DBVPG 7021, JCM 3775, IGC 4842, MUCL 30431, NRRL Y-2474.
Habitat:Blades of summer pasture grasses, North Island, New Zealand.
References:di Menna, J.Gen.Microbiol. 18: 269-272, 1958 & J.Agric.Res. 2: 394, 1959.^Aono, System.Appl.Microbiol. 13: 394-397, 1990 (alkali tolerance). ^Sampaio, Can.J.Microbiol. 45: 491-512, 1999 (aromatic compounds).^Vancanneyt et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 38: 363-377, 1992 (GC,CoQ,protein).^Kurtzman & Fell, Mycologia 83: 107-110, 1991 (DNA).^Sugiyama et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 31: 519-550, 1985 (GC,CoQ).^Perrier et al., Arch.Microbiol. 164: 173-179, 1995 (fatty acids,carotenoids).^Biotechnology '94: 2nd Conference on Advances in Biochemical Engineering. Rugby, Warwickshire, UK: Institution of Chemical Engineers; 1994, pp. 115-117.^Fell JW, et al. Biodiversity and systematics of basidiomycetous yeasts as determined by large-subunit rDNA D1/D2 domain sequence analysis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50: 1351-1371, 2000. ^Hamamoto M , Nakase T. Phylogenetic analysis of the ballistoconidium-forming yeast genus Sporobolomyces based on 18S rDNA sequences. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50: 1373-1380, 2000. ^^

Physical Characteristics:

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

Cells:

Shape:Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:2
Max Broth Breadth:5
Min Broth Length:4
Max Broth Length:8
Min Agar Breadth:2
Max Agar Breadth:4
Min Agar Length:2
Max Agar Length:11
Arrangement:Unknown
Colour on Agar:Pink
Surface on Agar:Shiny
Texture on Agar:Glutinous
Deposit in Broth:Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:Incomplete
Ring Colour:Pink
Pellicle in Broth:Absent
Pellicle Appearance:N/A
Pellicle Habitat:N/A

Cell Division:

Budding:Multipolar
Fission:Absent

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:Absent
Ascospore Shape:N/A
Ascospore Wall:N/A
Ascospore No Per Ascus:N/A
Ascus Shape:N/A
Conjugation:Absent
Teliospores:Absent
Teliospore Shape:Unknown

Miscellaneous:

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

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:Unknown
Sucrose:+
Maltose:-
Cellobiose:Unknown
Trehalose:Unknown
Lactose:-
Melibiose:-
Raffinose:+
Melizitose:-
Inulin:Unknown
Soluble Starch:Unknown
Xylose:Unknown
L Arabinose:Unknown
D Arabinose:Unknown
Ribose:Unknown
Rhamnose:Unknown
Ethanol:Unknown
Glycerol:Unknown
Erythritol:Unknown
Ribitol:Unknown
Galactitol:Unknown
Mannitol:Unknown
Sorbitol:Unknown
A M D Glucoside:Unknown
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:+
Urease Activity:Unknown
Starch Production:-
Acid Tolerant:Unknown

Information:

Information:produces lipophilic polysaccharide emulsifiers (Biotechnology '94).

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.