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243 - Kluyveromyces marxianus

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	243
Name:	Kluyveromyces marxianus
Depositor:	IMI
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces macedoniensis
Deposit Month:
Deposit Year:	1951
Equivalent Strain Designations:	IFO 0690, IAM 4985, IMI 38918, JCM 2188, NBRC 0690.
Habitat:	Unknown
References:	G. E. Shaw, Assay of thiamin, Quart. J. Pharm. Pharmac., 1948, 21(3), 355-361.
Information:	Used for Assay of thiamin.

Special Applications

Special Applications:	Assay: Thiamin

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	34
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	14
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	37

Cells:

Shape:	Oval
Min Broth Breadth:	3
Max Broth Breadth:	5
Min Broth Length:	4
Max Broth Length:	7
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	4
Min Agar Length:	3
Max Agar Length:	7
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Powdery
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:	Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Irregularly branched
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Absent
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:	Reniform
Ascospore Wall:	Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	4
Ascus Shape:	Oval
Conjugation:	Absent
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:	N/A

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

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	+
Sorbose:	-
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	-
Cellobiose:	-
Trehalose:	-
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:	+
Succinic Acid:	Weak/Latent
Citric Acid:	-
Inositol:	-
Gluconolactone:	-
Glucosamine:	-
Methanol:	-
Xylitol:	Unknown

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.