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128 - Zygosaccharomyces bailii

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	128
Name:	Zygosaccharomyces bailii
Depositor:	Prof. R.H. Hopkins
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces elegans, Sauterne Yeast.
Deposit Month:	April
Deposit Year:	1945
Equivalent Strain Designations:	IFO 1047, NCTC 6969
Habitat:	Associated with fermentation
References:	M. Richards & F.R. Elliott, Nature, 209, 536, 1966.

Special Applications

Special Applications:	Tolerance: Benzoic acid (300ppm) Tolerance: Glucose (50%)

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	32.5
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	8.8
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	32.5

Cells:

Shape:	Elongated
Min Broth Breadth:	5
Max Broth Breadth:	6
Min Broth Length:	8
Max Broth Length:	15
Min Agar Breadth:	5
Max Agar Breadth:	6
Min Agar Length:	9
Max Agar Length:	16
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Rough
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Unknown
Pellicle Appearance:	Unknown
Pellicle Habitat:	Unknown

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Ill formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Not branching
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Unknown
Blastospore Shape:	Unknown
Blastospore Location:	Unknown
Blastospore Habitat:	Unknown
True Mycelium:	Unknown
Clamp Connections:	Unknown

Asexual Spores:

Ballistospores:	Absent
Arthrospores:	Absent
Endospores:	Absent
Chlamydospores:	Absent

Sexual Spores:

Ascospores:	Present
Ascospore Shape:	Round
Ascospore Wall:	Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	Unknown
Ascus Shape:	Unknown
Conjugation:	Present
Teliospores:	Unknown
Teliospore Shape:	Unknown

Assay:	Unknown
Salt Tolerant:	-
Killer:	Unknown
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 Utilisation 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:	-
Succinic Acid:	-
Citric Acid:	-
Inositol:	-
Gluconolactone:	+
Glucosamine:	-
Methanol:	-
Xylitol:	-

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

Vitamin Free Growth:	Weak/Latent
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:	+

Sequence Data:	Data not available.