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1419 - Pichia pini

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	1419
Name:	Pichia pini
Depositor:	K. Painting, IFR.
Deposit Name:	Pichia pinus
Deposit Month:	March
Deposit Year:	1982
Equivalent Strain Designations:
Habitat:	Contaminant isolated from Snail gut enzyme beta-glucuronidase.

Special Applications

Special Applications:	Temperature: Low Temperature: Between 5-8 C

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	26
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	6
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	29

Cells:

Shape:	Unknown
Min Broth Breadth:
Max Broth Breadth:
Min Broth Length:
Max Broth Length:
Min Agar Breadth:
Max Agar Breadth:
Min Agar Length:
Max Agar Length:
Arrangement:	Unknown
Colour on Agar:	Brown
Surface on Agar:	Slightly shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	N/A
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:	Absent
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:	Unknown
Plasmid:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose:	Weak/Latent
Galactose:	-
Sucrose:	-
Maltose:	-
Cellobiose:	-
Trehalose:	Weak/Latent
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:	Unknown

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.