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137 - Candida holmii

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Strain Information

This is the Candida holmii Type Strain

This strain is recommended for studies involving Candida holmii

NCYC Number:	137
Name:	Candida holmii
Depositor:	F.C. Harrison
Deposit Name:	Torulopsis holmii
Deposit Month:	April
Deposit Year:	1928
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 22034, CBS 135, CCRC 22073, CECT 11187, DBVPG 6481, IFO 1629, JCM 9554, NCTC 2639, NRRL Y-6695, NRRL Y-17031, VKM Y-738
Habitat:	Buttermilk, Netherlands.
References:	Harrison, Trans.Roy.Soc.Canada, Ser.3, Sect.V 22: 187-225, 1928 Vaughan-Martini, A.v.Leeuwenhoek 68: 111-118, 1995 (DNA, karyotype). Suzuki & Nakase, Microbiol.Cult.Coll. 14: 49-62, 1998 (cell-wall comp.,CoQ)

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Oval
Min Broth Breadth:	3
Max Broth Breadth:	5
Min Broth Length:	3
Max Broth Length:	7
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	4
Min Agar Length:	3
Max Agar Length:	8
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:	N/A
Pellicle Habitat:	N/A

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Absent
Pseudomycelium Branch:	N/A
Pseudomycelium Form:	N/A
Blastospores:	Absent
Blastospore Shape:	N/A
Blastospore Location:	N/A
Blastospore Habitat:	N/A
True Mycelium:	Absent
Clamp Connections:	Absent

Asexual Spores:

Ballistospores:	Absent
Arthrospores:
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

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

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:	Weak/Latent
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:	Unknown

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.