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203 - Saccharomyces pastorianus
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Strain Information
This is a brewing production strain| NCYC Number: | 203 |
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| Name: | Saccharomyces pastorianus |
| Depositor: | L.S.Walters, South Australian Brewing Co. |
| Deposit Name: | Saccharomyces carlsbergensis / Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Deposit Month: | May |
| Deposit Year: | 1951 |
| Equivalent Strain Designations: | "West End Strain" |
| Habitat: | Lager production strain |
Special ApplicationsTemperature:
| Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius): | |
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| Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius): | |
| Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius): |
Cells:
| Shape: | Round-oval |
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| Min Broth Breadth: | 2 |
| Max Broth Breadth: | 6 |
| Min Broth Length: | 3 |
| Max Broth Length: | 7 |
| Min Agar Breadth: | 3 |
| Max Agar Breadth: | 6 |
| Min Agar Length: | 4 |
| Max Agar Length: | 6 |
| Arrangement: | Pairs |
| Colour on Agar: | Cream |
| Surface on Agar: | Shiny |
| Texture on Agar: | Smooth |
| Deposit in Broth: | Non-Flocculent |
| Ring in Broth: | Absent |
| Ring Colour: | Unknown |
| Pellicle in Broth: | Absent |
| Pellicle Appearance: | N/A |
| Pellicle Habitat: | N/A |
Cell Division:
| Budding: | Multipolar |
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| Fission: | Absent |
Filamentous Growth:
| Pseudomycelium: | Fairly Well Formed |
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| Pseudomycelium Branch: | Irregularly branched |
| Pseudomycelium Form: | Mycocandida |
| Blastospores: | Absent |
| Blastospore Shape: | N/A |
| Blastospore Location: | N/A |
| Blastospore Habitat: | N/A |
| True Mycelium: | Absent |
| Clamp Connections: | Absent |
Asexual Spores:
| Ballistospores: | Absent |
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| Arthrospores: | Absent |
| Endospores: | Absent |
| Chlamydospores: | Absent |
Sexual Spores:
| Ascospores: | Present |
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| Ascospore Shape: | Round |
| Ascospore Wall: | Smooth |
| Ascospore No Per Ascus: | 4 |
| Ascus Shape: | Oval |
| Conjugation: | Absent |
| Teliospores: | Absent |
| Teliospore Shape: | N/A |
| Assay: | No |
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| Salt Tolerant: | Unknown |
| Killer: | No |
| Plasmid: | Unknown |
| Glucose: | + |
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| Galactose: | + |
| Sucrose: | + |
| Maltose: | + |
| Cellobiose: | - |
| Trehalose: | - |
| Lactose: | - |
| Melibiose: | + |
| Raffinose: | + |
| Melizitose: | Weak/Latent |
| Inulin: | - |
| Soluble Starch: | - |
| Xylose: | Unknown |
| A M D Glucoside: | + |
| Glucose: | + |
|---|---|
| Galactose: | + |
| Sorbose: | - |
| Sucrose: | + |
| Maltose: | + |
| Cellobiose: | - |
| Trehalose: | Weak/Latent |
| 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: | Weak/Latent |
| Succinic Acid: | - |
| Citric Acid: | - |
| Inositol: | - |
| Gluconolactone: | - |
| Glucosamine: | - |
| Methanol: | - |
| Xylitol: | - |
| NH4 2SO4: | + |
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| KNO3: | - |
| Ethylamine: | - |
| Cadaverine: | - |
| Lysine: | Unknown |
| Vitamin Free Growth: | Weak/Latent |
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| Cyclohex 100ppm: | - |
| Cyclohex 1000ppm: | - |
| 50% Glucose Growth: | - |
| 60% Glucose Growth: | Unknown |
| Lipolytic: | - |
| Acid Production: | - |
| 37c Growth: | Weak/Latent |
| 40c Growth: | |
| Arbutin Hydrolysis: | - |
| Urease Activity: | - |
| Starch Production: | - |
| Acid Tolerant: | Unknown |
| Head: | no head |
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| Deposit: | < 8mm |
| Attenuation: | 1.006-1.008 |
| Fermentation Rate: | 8-10° |
| Clarity: | >20 |
| Flocculence: | |
| Date of Deposit: | 1951 |
| Description: | West End Culture Yeast |
| File: | Sequence Data: |
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| NCYC203_26SrDNA.fas | >Contig_1
CTTACGTCGCAGTCCTCAGTCCCAGCTGGCAGTATTCCC ATAGGCTATAATACTTCCCGAAGCAAGTTACATTCCTAC GGATTTATCCTGCCACCAAAACTGATGCTGGCCCAGTGA ACTGCGAGATTCCCCCACCCACAAGGAGCAGAGGGCGCA AAACACCATGTCTGATCAAATGCCCTTCCCTTTCAACAA TTTCACGTACTTTTTCACTCTCTTTTCAAAGTTCTTTTC ATCTTTCCATCACTGTACTTGTTCGCTATCGGTCTCTCG CCAATATTTAGCTTTAGATGGAATTTACCACCCACTTAG AGCTGCATTCCCAAACAACTCGACTCTTCGAAGGCACTT TACATAGAACCGCACTCCTCGCCACACGGGATTCTCACC CTCT |