546 - Kluyveromyces wickerhamii

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:546
Name:Kluyveromyces wickerhamii
Depositor:Dr. H. J. Phaff
Deposit Name:Saccharomyces wickerhamii
Deposit Month:November
Deposit Year:1958
Equivalent Strain Designations:Phaff strain F-394A - Believed to be the same srtain as: ATCC 24178, CBS 2745, DBVPG 6077, IFO 1675, NRRL Y-8286, UCD 54-210.
Habitat:Drosophila sp. (fruit fly), California, USA.
References:Yoshitake S et al. Purification and characterization of a pectin-releasing enzyme produced by Kluyveromyces wickerhamii. J. Ferment. Bioeng. 77: 370-375, 1994.^Phaff HJ et al. The taxonomy of yeasts isolated from Drosophila in the Yosemite region of California. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 22: 145-161, 1956.

Physical Characteristics:

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

Cells:

Shape:Long-oval
Min Broth Breadth:2
Max Broth Breadth:4
Min Broth Length:4
Max Broth Length:6
Min Agar Breadth:2
Max Agar Breadth:5
Min Agar Length:3
Max Agar Length:8
Arrangement:Pairs
Colour on Agar:Cream
Surface on Agar:Shiny
Texture on Agar:Smooth
Deposit in Broth:Flocculent
Ring in Broth:Absent
Ring Colour:Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:Thin
Pellicle Appearance:Milky
Pellicle Habitat:Unknown

Cell Division:

Budding:Multipolar
Fission:Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:Absent
Pseudomycelium Branch:N/A
Pseudomycelium Form:N/A
Blastospores:N/A
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:Present
Ascospore Shape:Reniform
Ascospore Wall:Unknown
Ascospore No Per Ascus:4
Ascus Shape:Unknown
Conjugation:Present
Teliospores:Absent
Teliospore Shape:N/A

Miscellaneous:

Assay:Unknown
Salt Tolerant:Unknown
Killer:Unknown
Plasmid:Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation:

Glucose:+
Galactose:+
Sucrose:+
Maltose:-
Cellobiose:Unknown
Trehalose:Unknown
Lactose:-
Melibiose:-
Raffinose:-
Melizitose:Unknown
Inulin:Unknown
Soluble Starch:-
Xylose:Unknown
A M D Glucoside:Unknown

Aerobic Utilistaion and Growth:

Glucose:+
Galactose:+
Sorbose:Unknown
Sucrose:+
Maltose:Unknown
Cellobiose:Weak/Latent
Trehalose:-
Lactose:-
Melibiose:-
Raffinose:-
Melizitose:Unknown
Inulin:Unknown
Soluble Starch:Unknown
Xylose:+
L Arabinose:Unknown
D Arabinose:Unknown
Ribose:Unknown
Rhamnose:Unknown
Ethanol:Unknown
Glycerol:Unknown
Erythritol:Unknown
Ribitol:Unknown
Galactitol:Unknown
Mannitol:-
Sorbitol:Weak/Latent
A M D Glucoside:Unknown
Salicin:+
Lactic Acid:-
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:+
Cadaverine:Unknown
Lysine:Unknown

Other:

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

Information:

Information:Type strain of Saccharomyces wickerhamii.^Produces pectin-releasing enzyme PPase-W (Yoshitake S, 1994).

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.