555 - Pichia xylosa

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:555
Name:Pichia xylosa
Depositor:Dr. H. J. Phaff
Deposit Name:Pichia xylosa, Pichia toletana
Deposit Month:November
Deposit Year:1958
Equivalent Strain Designations:CBS 2286, NRRL Y-12939.
Habitat:Drosophila miranda (fruit fly), Mather, California, USA.
References:Phaff et al., A.v.Leeuwenhoek 22: 145-161, 1956.^van Uden & do Carmo-Sousa, J.Gen.Microbiol. 16: 385, 1957.^Kurtzman, Mycologia 79: 410-417, 1987 (DNA).^

Physical Characteristics:

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

Cells:

Shape:Oval
Min Broth Breadth:3
Max Broth Breadth:5
Min Broth Length:4
Max Broth Length:10
Min Agar Breadth:2
Max Agar Breadth:4
Min Agar Length:3
Max Agar Length:11
Arrangement:Pairs
Colour on Agar:Cream
Surface on Agar:Dull
Texture on Agar:Wrinkled
Deposit in Broth:Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:Complete
Ring Colour:White
Pellicle in Broth:Thin
Pellicle Appearance:Islands
Pellicle Habitat:Unknown

Cell Division:

Budding:Multipolar
Fission:Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:Unknown
Pseudomycelium Form:Unknown
Blastospores:Absent
Blastospore Shape:Unknown
Blastospore Location:Unknown
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:Unknown
Ascospore No Per Ascus:Unknown
Ascus Shape:Unknown
Conjugation:Absent
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:Unknown
Xylose:Unknown
A M D Glucoside:Unknown

Aerobic Utilistaion and Growth:

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

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.