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238 - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Strain Information

This is a brewing production strain

NCYC Number:	238
Name:	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Depositor:	B.M. Brown
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Deposit Month:	May
Deposit Year:	1953
Equivalent Strain Designations:	Whitbread Yeast ZSC 155.
Habitat:	Ale production yeast.
Information:	Highly attenuative strain.

Special Applications

Special Applications:	Brewing: Ale

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Oval
Min Broth Breadth:	4
Max Broth Breadth:	7
Min Broth Length:	7
Max Broth Length:	11
Min Agar Breadth:	3
Max Agar Breadth:	7
Min Agar Length:	7
Max Agar Length:	10
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Unknown
Deposit in Broth:	Unknown
Ring in Broth:	Complete
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:	N/A
Pellicle Habitat:	N/A

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Unknown
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Unknown
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Unknown
Blastospore Shape:	Unknown
Blastospore Location:	Unknown
Blastospore Habitat:	Unknown
True Mycelium:	Absent
Clamp Connections:	Absent

Asexual Spores:

Ballistospores:	Absent
Arthrospores:	Absent
Endospores:	Absent
Chlamydospores:	Absent

Sexual Spores:

Ascospores:	Present
Ascospore Shape:	Round
Ascospore Wall:	Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	2
Ascus Shape:	Oval
Conjugation:	Absent
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:	N/A

Assay:	Unknown
Salt Tolerant:	-
Killer:	No
Plasmid:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

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

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.