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537 - Pichia carsonii

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Strain Information

This is the Pichia carsonii Type Strain

This strain is recommended for studies involving Pichia carsonii

NCYC Number:	537
Name:	Pichia carsonii
Depositor:	Dr. H. J. Phaff
Deposit Name:	Pichia carsonii
Deposit Month:	November
Deposit Year:	1958
Equivalent Strain Designations:	54-200, CBS 2285, CCRC 22098, DBVPG 6899, IFO 0946, JCM 8121, NRRL YB-4275.
Habitat:	Slime flux of Quercus kelloggii (black oak), California, USA.
References:	Phaff & Knapp, A.v.Leeuwenhoek 22: 117-130, 1956. Kurtzman & Smiley, Mycologia 71: 658-662, 1979.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	2
Max Broth Breadth:	5
Min Broth Length:	3
Max Broth Length:	6
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	4
Min Agar Length:	2
Max Agar Length:	8
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	White
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Unknown
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:	Ill formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Unknown
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Absent
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:	Present
Ascospore Shape:	Hat
Ascospore Wall:	Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	4
Ascus Shape:	Oval
Conjugation:	Present
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:	-
Inulin:	-
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	Unknown
A M D Glucoside:	-

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

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

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.