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505 - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Strain Information

This is the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Type Strain

This strain is recommended for studies involving Saccharomyces cerevisiae

NCYC Number:	505
Name:	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Depositor:	CBS
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Deposit Month:	August
Deposit Year:	1957
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 18824, CBS 1171, CCRC 21447, CECT 1942, CLIB 227, DBVPG 6173, DSM 70449, IFO 10217, IGC 4455, JCM 7255, NRRL Y-12632, MUCL 31497.
Habitat:	Brewer's top yeast, isolated from beer, Oranjeboom brewery, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
References:	Lodder & Kreger-van Rij, The Yeasts, a Taxonomic Study, Amsterdam 1952, p.137 (type). Rodrigues de Sousa et al., System.Appl.Microbiol. 18: 44-51, 1995 (fructose symport). Piskur et al., Int.J.System.Bacteriol. 48: 1015-1024, 1998. Kurtzman, J.Indust.Microbiol. 14: 523-530, 1995 (rDNA sequences). Vaughan Martini, System.Appl.Microbiol. 12: 179-182, 1989 (DNA hybridization). Pedersen, Carlsberg Res.Commun. 51: 163-183, 1986 (karyotype).
Information:	Production of 5'nucleotides: German Patent P 30 00 188.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	30
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	12
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	33.5

Cells:

Shape:	Oval
Min Broth Breadth:	4
Max Broth Breadth:	9
Min Broth Length:	5
Max Broth Length:	11
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	9
Min Agar Length:	4
Max Agar Length:	12
Arrangement:	Single
Colour on Agar:	White
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Wrinkled
Deposit in Broth:	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:	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:
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:	Yes

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

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

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Brewing Strain Information

Head:	good head
Deposit:	< 8mm
Attenuation:	1.006-1.008
Fermentation Rate:	8-10°
Clarity:	>20
Flocculence:
Date of Deposit:
Description:

Sequence Data:	Data not available.