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242 - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Strain Information

This is a brewing production strain

NCYC Number:	242
Name:	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Depositor:	B.M. Brown
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces carlsbergensis
Deposit Month:	June
Deposit Year:	1951
Equivalent Strain Designations:	Whitbread's SC44 strain
Habitat:	Lager production strain.
Information:	Deposited as Bass Burton Ale yeast, Whitbreads SC44 strain.

Special Applications

Special Applications:	Brewing: Lager

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	3
Max Broth Breadth:	6
Min Broth Length:	4
Max Broth Length:	7
Min Agar Breadth:	3
Max Agar Breadth:	4
Min Agar Length:	3
Max Agar Length:	6
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Dull
Texture on Agar:	Wrinkled
Deposit in Broth:	Unknown
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:	N/A
Pellicle Habitat:	N/A

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:	Present
Ascospore Shape:	Round
Ascospore Wall:	Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	Unknown
Ascus Shape:	Oval
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:	Unknown
Trehalose:	Unknown
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	+
Raffinose:	+
Melizitose:	Unknown
Inulin:	Unknown
Soluble Starch:	Unknown
Xylose:	Unknown
A M D Glucoside:	Unknown

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	+
Sorbose:	Unknown
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	+
Cellobiose:	-
Trehalose:	-
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	Unknown
Melizitose:	Unknown
Inulin:	Unknown
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	-
L Arabinose:	Unknown
D Arabinose:	Unknown
Ribose:	Unknown
Rhamnose:	Unknown
Ethanol:	Unknown
Glycerol:	Unknown
Erythritol:	-
Ribitol:	Unknown
Galactitol:	Unknown
Mannitol:	-
Sorbitol:	-
A M D Glucoside:	Unknown
Salicin:	-
Lactic Acid:	Unknown
Succinic Acid:	Unknown
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:	Unknown
Lipolytic:	-
Acid Production:	Unknown
37c Growth:	Unknown
40c Growth:	Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis:	-
Urease Activity:	Unknown
Starch Production:	Unknown
Acid Tolerant:	Unknown

Brewing Strain Information

Head:	no head
Deposit:	8-15mm
Attenuation:	1.010-1.012
Fermentation Rate:	8-10°
Clarity:	>20
Flocculence:
Date of Deposit:
Description:

Sequence Data:	Data not available.