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195 - Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	195
Name:	Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Depositor:	Dr. Edwin Le Fevre
Deposit Name:	Rhodotorula rubra
Deposit Month:	May
Deposit Year:	1922
Equivalent Strain Designations:	NCTC 1346
Habitat:	Can of ripe Olives.

Special Applications

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

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	33
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	8
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	35

Cells:

Shape:	Oval
Min Broth Breadth:	2
Max Broth Breadth:	4
Min Broth Length:	2
Max Broth Length:	6
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	5
Min Agar Length:	2
Max Agar Length:	6
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Pink
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Complete
Ring Colour:	Pink
Pellicle in Broth:	Thin
Pellicle Appearance:	Milky
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:	-
Sucrose:	-
Maltose:	-
Cellobiose:	-
Trehalose:	-
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	-
Melizitose:	-
Inulin:	-
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	Unknown
A M D Glucoside:	-

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

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

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.