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492 - Torulaspora delbrueckii

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Strain Information

This strain is recommended for studies involving Torulaspora delbrueckii

NCYC Number:	492
Name:	Torulaspora delbrueckii
Depositor:	B.L. Brady
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces rosei
Deposit Month:
Deposit Year:	1957
Equivalent Strain Designations:
Habitat:	Fermenting bottled orange juice.
References:	M. Richards & F.R. Elliott, Nature, 209, 536, 1966.
Information:	Test results and ascus morphology suggest that this is likely to be a mis-identified Zygosaccharomyces bailii strain.

Special Applications

Special Applications:	Tolerance: Benzoic acid (300ppm) Tolerance: Glucose (50%)

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	25
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	10
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	25

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	3
Max Broth Breadth:	6
Min Broth Length:	3
Max Broth Length:	8
Min Agar Breadth:	3
Max Agar Breadth:	7
Min Agar Length:	4
Max Agar Length:	8
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:	N/A
Pellicle Habitat:	N/A

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Irregularly branched
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Few
Blastospore Shape:	Oval
Blastospore Location:	Dispersed
Blastospore Habitat:	Single
True Mycelium:	Absent
Clamp Connections:	Absent

Asexual Spores:

Ballistospores:	Absent
Arthrospores:
Endospores:	Absent
Chlamydospores:	Absent

Sexual Spores:

Ascospores:	Present
Ascospore Shape:	Round
Ascospore Wall:	Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	4
Ascus Shape:	Oval
Conjugation:	Present
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:	N/A

Assay:	No
Salt Tolerant:	-
Killer:	No
Plasmid:	Yes

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	-
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	-
Cellobiose:	-
Trehalose:	-
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	Weak/Latent
Melizitose:	-
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:	Weak/Latent
Glycerol:	Weak/Latent
Erythritol:	-
Ribitol:	-
Galactitol:	-
Mannitol:	Weak/Latent
Sorbitol:	Weak/Latent
A M D Glucoside:	-
Salicin:	-
Lactic Acid:	-
Succinic Acid:	-
Citric Acid:	-
Inositol:	-
Gluconolactone:	-
Glucosamine:	-
Methanol:	-
Xylitol:	Unknown

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.