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3289 - Saccharomyces paradoxus

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Strain Information

This is a SGRP strain

NCYC Number:	3289
Name:	Saccharomyces paradoxus
Depositor:	Dr. Gianni Liti, University of Leicester, UK.
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces paradoxus
Deposit Month:	December
Deposit Year:	2004
Equivalent Strain Designations:	OS32/A, Single spore isolate of UCD-51-186, DBVPG 6304
Habitat:	Drosophila, Davis, California, USA.
Information:	Sporulation on Corn Meal Agar after 3 weeks was found to be very poor.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	0
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	0
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	0

Cells:

Shape:	Short-Oval to Oval
Min Broth Breadth:	4
Max Broth Breadth:	7
Min Broth Length:	5
Max Broth Length:	8
Min Agar Breadth:	4
Max Agar Breadth:	6
Min Agar Length:	5
Max Agar Length:	9
Arrangement:	Singly, in Short Chains and cl
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	N/A
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:	N/A
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:	1-4
Ascus Shape:	Oval
Conjugation:	Absent
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:	N/A

Assay:	Unknown
Salt Tolerant:	<10%
Killer:	Unknown
Plasmid:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.