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1479 - Pichia opuntiae var. opuntiae

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	1479
Name:	Pichia opuntiae var. opuntiae
Depositor:	H.J. Phaff
Deposit Name:	Pichia opuntiae var. opuntiae
Deposit Month:	March
Deposit Year:	1983
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 36837, CBS 7011, IFO 10022, NRRL Y-11708, UCD 77-42
Habitat:	Opuntia inermis (prickly-pear cactus), Yarrawonga, Australia.
References:	Starmer WT , et al. Pichia opuntiae, a new heterothallic species of yeast found in decaying cladodes of Opuntia inermis and in necrotic tissue of cereoid cacti. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 29: 159-167, 1979.
Information:	Mating type: alpha

Special Applications

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

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	30.5
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	6
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	33

Cells:

Shape:	Oval
Min Broth Breadth:	2
Max Broth Breadth:	4
Min Broth Length:	3
Max Broth Length:	5
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	4
Min Agar Length:	4
Max Agar Length:	8
Arrangement:	Single
Colour on Agar:	Brown
Surface on Agar:	Dull
Texture on Agar:	Wrinkled
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	N/A
Pellicle in Broth:	Thin
Pellicle Appearance:	Milky
Pellicle Habitat:	Not Climbing

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Irregularly branched
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
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:	No
Salt Tolerant:	Unknown
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:	Weak/Latent
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:	-
50% Glucose Growth:	-
60% Glucose Growth:	-
Lipolytic:	-
Acid Production:	-
37c Growth:	-
40c Growth:	-
Arbutin Hydrolysis:	+
Urease Activity:	-
Starch Production:	-
Acid Tolerant:	Weak/Latent

Sequence Data:	Data not available.