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129 - Pichia anomala

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	129
Name:	Pichia anomala
Depositor:	Prof. Ling, Birmingham University
Deposit Name:	Schizosaccharomyces mellacei
Deposit Month:	July
Deposit Year:	1921
Equivalent Strain Designations:
Habitat:	Unknown
Information:	The culture was found to produce ascospores when tested in 1987 but not in August 2001.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Oval to Elongated
Min Broth Breadth:	3
Max Broth Breadth:	6
Min Broth Length:	4
Max Broth Length:	12
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	6
Min Agar Length:	4
Max Agar Length:	13
Arrangement:	Singly, in Pairs & clumps
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Dull
Texture on Agar:	Slightly Rough
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Complete
Ring Colour:	White
Pellicle in Broth:	Thick
Pellicle Appearance:	Wrinkled
Pellicle Habitat:	Climbing

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Irregularly branched
Pseudomycelium Form:	Mycocandida
Blastospores:	Few
Blastospore Shape:	Unknown
Blastospore Location:	Dispersed
Blastospore Habitat:	Single
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:	2
Ascus Shape:	Unknown
Conjugation:	Absent
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:

Assay:	No
Salt Tolerant:	16%
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:	Weak/Latent

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	+
Sorbose:	-
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	+
Cellobiose:	+
Trehalose:	+
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	+
Melizitose:	+
Inulin:	-
Soluble Starch:	+
Xylose:	+
L Arabinose:	-
D Arabinose:	-
Ribose:	Weak/Latent
Rhamnose:	-
Ethanol:	+
Glycerol:	+
Erythritol:	+
Ribitol:	Weak/Latent
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:	+
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.