NCYC - Yeast Identification, Culture and Safe Deposit Services

View Yeast Characteristics

2489 - Zygotorulaspora mrakii

Please login or register to buy yeasts online from NCYC

Print Friendly Version
Expand All | Collapse All

Strain Information

This is the Zygotorulaspora mrakii Type Strain

This strain is recommended for studies involving Zygotorulaspora mrakii

NCYC Number:	2489
Name:	Zygotorulaspora mrakii
Depositor:	CBS
Deposit Name:	Zygosaccharomyces mrakii
Deposit Month:	February
Deposit Year:	1993
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 36242, CBS 4218, CCRC 21652, DBVPG 6289, IFO 1835, JCM 1800, NRRL Y-12654
Habitat:	Silage, Italy.
References:	Capriotti, Arch.Mikrobiol. 30: 387-392, 1958; van der Walt, in Lodder (ed.), The Yeasts, a Taxonomic Study, Amsterdam 1970, p.661 (type) James et al., Int.J.Syst.Bacteriol. 46: 189-194, 1996 (ITS1 & 2) James et al., Yeast 10: 871-881, 1994 (18SrRNA) Kurtzman, Yeast 6: 213-219, 1990 (DNA)

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	4
Max Broth Breadth:	6
Min Broth Length:	5
Max Broth Length:	7
Min Agar Breadth:	4
Max Agar Breadth:	7
Min Agar Length:	5
Max Agar Length:	9
Arrangement:	Unknown
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Complete
Ring Colour:	White
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:	N/A
Pellicle Habitat:	N/A

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Ill formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Unknown
Pseudomycelium Form:	Mycocandida
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:	Unknown
Ascospore Shape:	Unknown
Ascospore Wall:	Unknown
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	Unknown
Ascus Shape:	Unknown
Conjugation:	Unknown
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:	N/A

Assay:	Unknown
Salt Tolerant:	Unknown
Killer:	Unknown
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:	-
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:	Weak/Latent

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4:	+
KNO3:	-
Ethylamine:	+
Cadaverine:	Weak/Latent
Lysine:	Unknown

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.