55 - Pichia membranifaciens

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:55
Name:Pichia membranifaciens
Depositor:A. Klocker, Carlsberg laboratories, Copenhagen.
Deposit Name:Pichia membranaefaciens var. calliphorae
Deposit Month:April
Deposit Year:1920
Equivalent Strain Designations:NCTC 483
Habitat:Fly (Calliphora erythrocephala) found in garden near Carlsberg. Isolated 1900.
References:C.R. Lab. Carlsberg, 1911-17, 10, 211.^A.E.Wiles J.I.B. 1950. p192.

Physical Characteristics:

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

Cells:

Shape:Long-oval
Min Broth Breadth:2
Max Broth Breadth:4
Min Broth Length:5
Max Broth Length:14
Min Agar Breadth:3
Max Agar Breadth:4
Min Agar Length:9
Max Agar Length:13
Arrangement:Pairs
Colour on Agar:Yellow
Surface on Agar:Dull
Texture on Agar:Wrinkled
Deposit in Broth: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:Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:Regularly branched
Pseudomycelium Form: 
Blastospores:Absent
Blastospore Shape: 
Blastospore Location: 
Blastospore Habit: 
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:Oval
Conjugation:Absent
Teliospores:Absent
Teliospore Shape: 

Miscellaneous:

Assay:No
Salt Tolerant:10%
Killer:No
Plasmid:Unknown

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

Aerobic Utilistaion and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen:

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

Other:

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

Information:

Information: 

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.