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3719 - Metschnikowia sp.

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	3719
Name:	Metschnikowia sp.
Depositor:	Javier Carvajal, CLQCA, Quito, Ecuador
Deposit Name:	Metschnikowia sp.
Deposit Month:	August
Deposit Year:	2009
Equivalent Strain Designations:	CLQCA-02-017
Habitat:	Fermenting residual water from Palmito
Information:	Moderate amounts of plucherrimin are visible on Gorodkowa and Corn Meal Agar after 4 weeks.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Unknown
Min Broth Breadth:
Max Broth Breadth:
Min Broth Length:
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Min Agar Length:
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Arrangement:	Unknown
Colour on Agar:	White
Surface on Agar:	Slighty 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:	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:	Absent @ 4weeks
Ascospore Shape:	Unknown
Ascospore Wall:	Unknown
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	Unknown
Ascus Shape:	Unknown
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:	Unknown
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	-
Melizitose:	Unknown
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:	Weak/Latent
Succinic Acid:	+
Citric Acid:	-
Inositol:	-
Gluconolactone:	+
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:	-
Acid Production:	-
37c Growth:	+
40c Growth:	-
Arbutin Hydrolysis:	+
Urease Activity:	-
Starch Production:	-
Acid Tolerant:	-

Sequence Data:	Data not available.