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543 - Saccharomyces kluyveri

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Strain Information

This is the Saccharomyces kluyveri Type Strain

This strain is recommended for studies involving Saccharomyces kluyveri

NCYC Number:	543
Name:	Saccharomyces kluyveri
Depositor:	Dr. H. J. Phaff
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces kluyveri, Lachancea kluyveri
Deposit Month:	November
Deposit Year:	1958
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 58438, CBS 3082, CCRC 21498, DBVPG 6177, IFO 1685, JCM 7257, NRRL Y-12651, UCD 51-242
Habitat:	Drosophila pinicola (fruit fly), California, USA.
References:	Phaff et al., A.v.Leeuwenhoek 22: 145-161, 1956. Aono, Taxonomic distribution of alkali-tolerant yeasts. System.Appl.Microbiol. 13: 394-397, 1990. Piskur et al., Int.J.System.Bacteriol. 48: 1015-1024, 1998 (mitochondria). James et al., Int.J.System.Bacteriol. 47: 453-460, 1997 (18S rRNA). Naumov et al., System.Appl.Microbiol. 18: 103-108, 1995 (karyotype).
Information:	Killer: kills CBS 138.

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:	6
Min Agar Length:	2
Max Agar Length:	10
Arrangement:	Floccs
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:	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:	Present
Ascospore Shape:	Round
Ascospore Wall:	Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	4
Ascus Shape:	Unknown
Conjugation:	Absent
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:	N/A

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

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:	-

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.