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3459 - Candida pararugosa

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	3459
Name:	Candida pararugosa
Depositor:	UK Beverage Industry
Deposit Name:	Candida pararugosa
Deposit Month:	October
Deposit Year:	2007
Equivalent Strain Designations:
Habitat:	Beverage contaminant, UK.
Information:	Exhibits two different colony morpohologies on agar - smooth and wrinkled. Both have identical 26S rDNA D1/D2 sequences.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Oval to Elongated
Min Broth Breadth:	4
Max Broth Breadth:	5
Min Broth Length:	6
Max Broth Length:	7
Min Agar Breadth:	3
Max Agar Breadth:	5
Min Agar Length:	5
Max Agar Length:	19
Arrangement:	Single, Chains & Clumps
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Rough
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	N/A
Pellicle in Broth:	Thick
Pellicle Appearance:	Unknown
Pellicle Habitat:	Not Climbing

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:	Absent
Ascospore Shape:	N/A
Ascospore Wall:	N/A
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	N/A
Ascus Shape:	N/A
Conjugation:	Absent
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:	N/A

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

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

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

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.