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376 - Yarrowia lipolytica

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	376
Name:	Yarrowia lipolytica
Depositor:	Prof. M. Grimes
Deposit Name:	Candida lipolytica var. deformans
Deposit Month:	June
Deposit Year:	1953
Equivalent Strain Designations:
Habitat:	Butter

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	30
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	10
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	30

Cells:

Shape:	Oval
Min Broth Breadth:	4
Max Broth Breadth:	6
Min Broth Length:	6
Max Broth Length:	6
Min Agar Breadth:	3
Max Agar Breadth:	5
Min Agar Length:	4
Max Agar Length:	15
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Slightly shiny
Texture on Agar:	Wrinkled
Deposit in Broth:	Unknown
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Thin
Pellicle Appearance:	Unknown
Pellicle Habitat:	Climbing

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Unknown
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Few
Blastospore Shape:	Oval
Blastospore Location:	Verticils
Blastospore Habitat:	In chains
True Mycelium:	Present
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:	Unknown
Killer:	Unknown
Plasmid:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

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

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.