544 - Pichia fluxuum

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:544
Name:Pichia fluxuum
Depositor:Dr. H. J. Phaff
Deposit Name:Debaryomyces fluxorum
Deposit Month:November
Deposit Year:1958
Equivalent Strain Designations:ATCC 24239, CBS 2287, CCRC 21530, CCRC 22205, JCM 3646, K 369, NRRL YB-4273.
Habitat:Slime flux of Quercus kelloggii, (black oak), California, USA .
References:Phaff HJ , Knapp EP . The taxonomy of yeasts found in exudates of certain trees and other natural breeding sites of some species of Drosophila. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 22: 117-130, 1956. ^Price et al., Microbiol.Rev. 42: 161-193, 1978 (DNA).^Yamada et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 19: 189-208, 1973 (CoQ).^

Physical Characteristics:

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

Cells:

Shape:Oval
Min Broth Breadth:3
Max Broth Breadth:4
Min Broth Length:3
Max Broth Length:7
Min Agar Breadth:3
Max Agar Breadth:5
Min Agar Length:4
Max Agar Length:8
Arrangement:Floccs
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:Thin
Pellicle Appearance:Milky
Pellicle Habitat:Climbing

Cell Division:

Budding:Multipolar
Fission:Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:Ill formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:Unknown
Pseudomycelium Form:Unknown
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:Absent
Endospores:Absent
Chlamydospores:Absent

Sexual Spores:

Ascospores:Present
Ascospore Shape:Round
Ascospore Wall:Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:4
Ascus Shape:Oval
Conjugation:Absent
Teliospores:Absent
Teliospore Shape:N/A

Miscellaneous:

Assay:Unknown
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:Weak/Latent
Cellobiose:-
Trehalose:-
Lactose:-
Melibiose:Unknown
Raffinose:-
Melizitose:Unknown
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:+
Sorbitol:+
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:-
KNO3:Unknown
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:Type strain of Debaryomyces fluxuum.

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.