613 - Debaryomyces robertsiae

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:613
Name:Debaryomyces robertsiae
Depositor:CBS
Deposit Name:Pichia robertsiae, Wingea robertsiae
Deposit Month:May
Deposit Year:1960
Equivalent Strain Designations:ATCC 22312, CBS 2934, CCRC 21400, DBVPG 6789, IFO 1277, NRRL Y-6670
Habitat:Pollen & larval feed of Xylocopa caffra (carpenter bee), Pretoria, South Africa.
References: van der Walt JP . Pichia robertsii nov. spec., a new haploid homothallic yeast. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 25: 337-343, 1959.^van der Walt JP . Wingea, a new genus of the Saccharomycetaceae. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 33: 97-99, 1967.^Cong et al., Microbiology 140: 1327-1335, 1994 (plasmid).^Kurtzman CP , Robnett CJ . Synonymy of the yeast genera Wingea and Debaryomyces. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 66: 337-342, 1994.^

Physical Characteristics:

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

Cells:

Shape:Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:5
Max Broth Breadth:8
Min Broth Length:5
Max Broth Length:10
Min Agar Breadth:3
Max Agar Breadth:4
Min Agar Length:3
Max Agar Length:5
Arrangement:Floccs
Colour on Agar:White
Surface on Agar:Shiny
Texture on Agar:Wrinkled
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: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:Absent
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:N/A

Miscellaneous:

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

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation:

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

Aerobic Utilistaion and Growth:

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

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.