88 - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Strain Information:

NCYC Number:88
Name:Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Depositor:R.W.W. Thorne
Deposit Name:Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Deposit Month:January
Deposit Year:1943
Equivalent Strain Designations:NCTC 6479, Yeast S
Habitat:Ale strain.
References:J.Inst.Brew., 1944, 50, 222.^J.Inst.Brew., 1942, 48, 200.

Physical Characteristics:

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

Cells:

Shape:Oval
Min Broth Breadth:4
Max Broth Breadth:8
Min Broth Length:4
Max Broth Length:10
Min Agar Breadth:3
Max Agar Breadth:5
Min Agar Length:4
Max Agar Length:9
Arrangement:Pairs
Colour on Agar:Brown
Surface on Agar:Shiny
Texture on Agar:Smooth
Deposit in Broth:Unknown
Ring in Broth:Incomplete
Ring Colour:Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:Absent
Pellicle Appearance: 
Pellicle Habitat: 

Cell Division:

Budding:Multipolar
Fission:Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:Absent
Pseudomycelium Branch: 
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:Oval
Ascospore Wall:Unknown
Ascospore No Per Ascus:2
Ascus Shape:Oval
Conjugation:Absent
Teliospores:Absent
Teliospore Shape: 

Miscellaneous:

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

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation:

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

Aerobic Utilistaion and Growth:

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

Aerobic Utilistaion and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen:

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

Other:

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

Brewing Strain Information:

Head:no head
Deposit:< 8mm
Attenuation:1.006-1.008
Fermentation Rate:6-8°
Clarity:>20
Flocculence: 
Date of Deposit:1943
Description:Yeast S Ref. J.Inst.Brew.,1944

Information:

Information:Used by Thorne for investigations on yeast metabolism.

Sequence Data:

Sequence Data:Data not available.