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131 - Schizosaccharomyces octosporus

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	131
Name:	Schizosaccharomyces octosporus
Depositor:	L.D. Galloway
Deposit Name:	Schizosaccharomyces octosporus
Deposit Month:
Deposit Year:	1951
Equivalent Strain Designations:
Habitat:	Unknown
References:	B. Rangathan & J.V. Bhat, (1958), J. Ind. Ind. Sci. 40.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Round
Min Broth Breadth:	4
Max Broth Breadth:	6
Min Broth Length:	5
Max Broth Length:	15
Min Agar Breadth:	4
Max Agar Breadth:	5
Min Agar Length:	5
Max Agar Length:	15
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Dull
Texture on Agar:	Rough
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:
Pellicle Habitat:

Cell Division:

Budding:	Absent
Fission:	Present

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Absent
Pseudomycelium Branch:
Pseudomycelium Form:
Blastospores:	Absent
Blastospore Shape:
Blastospore Location:
Blastospore Habitat:
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:	Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	8
Ascus Shape:	Unknown
Conjugation:	Present
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:

Assay:	No
Salt Tolerant:	Unknown
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:	-

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:	Weak/Latent
KNO3:	-
Ethylamine:	-
Cadaverine:	-
Lysine:

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.