| NCYC Number: | 175 |
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| Name: | Pichia pastoris |
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| Depositor: | A. Guilliermond |
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| Deposit Name: | Saccharomyces pastori / Zygosaccharomyces pastori |
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| Deposit Year: | 1925 |
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| Equivalent Strain Designations: | ATCC 28485, CCRC 21531, CBS 704, JCM 3650, NCTC 2058, NRRL Y-1603. |
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| Habitat: | Exudate of Chestnut tree, near Lyon, France. |
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| References: | - Guilliermond, CR.Hebd. Séances Mem.Soc.Biol. 82: 466-470, 1919.
- Nakase & Komagata, J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 16: 511-521, 1970 (GC).
- Bicknell & Douglas, J.Bacteriol. 101: 505, 1970 (GC).
- Yamada et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 19: 189-208, 1973 (CoQ).
- Duff SJ, Murray WD. Production and application of methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 31: 44-49, 1988a.
- Duff SJ, Murray WD. Comparison of free and immobilized Pichia pastoris cells for conversion of ethanol to acetaldehyde. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 31: 790-795, 1988b.
- Duff SJ, Murray WD. Production of flavor aldehydes using nongrowing whole cells of Pichia pastoris. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 542: 428-433, 1988c.
- Murray WD, et al. Induction and stability of alcohol oxidase in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 32: 95-100, 1989.
- Duff SJ, Murray WD. Oxidation of benzyl alcohol by whole cells of Pichia pastoris and by alcohol oxidase in aqueous and nonaqueous reaction media. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 34: 153-159, 1989.
- Murray WD, et al. Catabolite inactivation in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56: 2378-2383, 1990.
- Wegner EH. Treatment of make-up water for use in a fermentation process for growth of yeast cells requiring growth factors. US Patent 4,226,939 dated Oct 7 1980
- Murray WD, et al. Production of natural flavor aldehydes from natural source primary alcohols C2-C7. US Patent 4,871,669 dated Oct 3 1989
- Phaff HJ. A proposal for amendment of the diagnosis of the genus Pichia Hansen. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 22: 113-116, 1956.
- Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 36: 82-86, 1991.
- Yamada Y, et al. The phylogenetic relationships of methanol-assimilating yeasts based on the partial sequences of 18S and 26S ribosomal RNAs: the proposal of Komagataella gen. nov. (Saccharomycetaceae). Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 59: 439-444, 1995.
- Enzyme Microb. Technol. 11: 770-775, 1989.
- Agric. Biol. Chem. 54: 1879-1882, 1990.
- Duff SJB, Murray WD. Metabolism of hydrogen peroxide by Pichia pastoris. Agric. Biol. Chem. 54: 1967-1974, 1990.
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| Information: | - Production of yeast protein from hydrocarbons (US Patent 4,226,939).
- Produces natural flavor aldehydes (Murray WD, 1989).
- Converts ethanol to acetaldehyde (Duff SJ, Murray WD, 1988a; Duff SJ, Murray WD, 1988b; Duff SJ, Murray WD, 1988c; Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 36: 82-86, 1991; Enzyme Microb. Technol. 11: 770-775, 1989).
- Degrades ethyl alcohol (ethanol) (Duff SJ, Murray WD, 1988a; Duff SJ, Murray WD, 1988b; Duff SJ, Murray WD, 1988c; Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 36: 82-86, 1991; Enzyme Microb. Technol. 11: 770-775, 1989).
- Degrades hydrogen peroxide (Duff SJB, Murray WD, 1990).
- Produces acetaldehyde (Duff SJ, Murray WD, 1988a; Duff SJ, Murray WD, 1988b; Duff SJ, Murray WD, 1988c; Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 36: 82-86, 1991; Enzyme Microb. Technol. 11: 770-775, 1989).
- Produces alcohol oxidase (Murray WD, et al, 1989; Murray WD, et al, 1990; Agric. Biol. Chem. 54: 1879-1882, 1990).
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Strain Information
This strain is recommended for studies involving Pichia pastoris
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