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166 - Metschnikowia pulcherrima

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	166
Name:	Metschnikowia pulcherrima
Depositor:	F.C. Harrison
Deposit Name:	Torulopsis pulcherrima
Deposit Month:	May
Deposit Year:	1928
Equivalent Strain Designations:	NCTC 2632
Habitat:	Unknown
References:	Trans. Roy. Soc. Can. 1928, 22, 187. B. Rangathan & J.V. Bhat, (1958), J. Ind. Ind. Sci. 40.
Information:	Listed in the NCYC as 166R until May 1978.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	2
Max Broth Breadth:	6
Min Broth Length:	3
Max Broth Length:	7
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	4
Min Agar Length:	3
Max Agar Length:	11
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Brown
Surface on Agar:	Unknown
Texture on Agar:	Unknown
Deposit in Broth:	Unknown
Ring in Broth:	Complete
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Thin
Pellicle Appearance:	Unknown
Pellicle Habitat:	Unknown

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:	No
Plasmid:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	Weak/Latent
Sucrose:	-
Maltose:	-
Cellobiose:	Unknown
Trehalose:	Unknown
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	Unknown
Raffinose:	Unknown
Melizitose:	Unknown
Inulin:	Unknown
Soluble Starch:	Unknown
Xylose:	Unknown
A M D Glucoside:	Unknown

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	+
Sorbose:	+
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	+
Cellobiose:	+
Trehalose:	+
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	-
Melizitose:	+
Inulin:	-
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	Weak/Latent
L Arabinose:	-
D Arabinose:	-
Ribose:	-
Rhamnose:	-
Ethanol:	Unknown
Glycerol:	+
Erythritol:	-
Ribitol:	+
Galactitol:	Unknown
Mannitol:	+
Sorbitol:	+
A M D Glucoside:	+
Salicin:	+
Lactic Acid:	Unknown
Succinic Acid:	Unknown
Citric Acid:	Unknown
Inositol:	-
Gluconolactone:	+
Glucosamine:	Unknown
Methanol:	Unknown
Xylitol:	Unknown

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.