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1659 - Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	1659
Name:	Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Depositor:	C. Grant, Building Research Establishment, Aylesbury
Deposit Name:	Rhodotorula rubra
Deposit Month:	November
Deposit Year:	1986
Equivalent Strain Designations:	S- 1056, CBS 8617
Habitat:	Painted surfaces in a bathroom
References:	British Standards BS 3900 part G6 (Resistance of paint surface to fungal growth).
Information:	Used for assessment of resitance of paint surface to fungal growth. Qouted in British Standars BS 3900 part G6.

Special Applications

Special Applications:	Testing: Resistance testing

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	5
Max Broth Breadth:	6
Min Broth Length:	5
Max Broth Length:	6
Min Agar Breadth:	3
Max Agar Breadth:	5
Min Agar Length:	4
Max Agar Length:	7
Arrangement:	Single
Colour on Agar:	Pink
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Glutinous
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:
Pellicle Habitat:

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Absent
Pseudomycelium Branch:
Pseudomycelium Form:
Blastospores:
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:	Absent
Ascospore Shape:
Ascospore Wall:
Ascospore No Per Ascus:
Ascus Shape:
Conjugation:	Absent
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:

Assay:	No
Salt Tolerant:	-
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:	Weak/Latent
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:	Weak/Latent
A M D Glucoside:	+
Salicin:	+
Lactic Acid:	Weak/Latent
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.