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568 - Zygosaccharomyces rouxii

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Strain Information

This is the Zygosaccharomyces rouxii Type Strain

This strain is recommended for studies involving Zygosaccharomyces rouxii

NCYC Number:	568
Name:	Zygosaccharomyces rouxii
Depositor:	Dr. M. Ingram
Deposit Name:	Zygosaccharomyces gracilis var. italicus, Saccharomyces roux
Deposit Month:	January
Deposit Year:	1959
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 2623, CBS 732, CCRC 21506, DBVPG 6187, IFO 1130, MUCL 30254, NRRL Y-229, CECT 1232
Habitat:	Concentrated black-grape must.
References:	Sacchetti, Arch.Mikrobiol. 3: 473-491, 1932. Lodder & Kreger-van Rij, The Yeasts, a Taxonomic Study, Amsterdam 1952, p.142 (neotype). James et al., Yeast 10: 871-881, 1994 (18SrRNA) Kurtzman, Yeast 6: 213-219, 1990 (DNA hybridization);

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	29
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	14
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	34

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	3
Max Broth Breadth:	7
Min Broth Length:	3
Max Broth Length:	8
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	5
Min Agar Length:	4
Max Agar Length:	10
Arrangement:	Floccs
Colour on Agar:	Cream
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:	Present
Ascospore Shape:	Round
Ascospore Wall:	Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	1
Ascus Shape:	Unknown
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:	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:	Weak/Latent
Sorbose:	Unknown
Sucrose:	-
Maltose:	+
Cellobiose:	-
Trehalose:	Weak/Latent
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	Unknown
Melizitose:	Unknown
Inulin:	Unknown
Soluble Starch:	Unknown
Xylose:	-
L Arabinose:	Unknown
D Arabinose:	Unknown
Ribose:	Unknown
Rhamnose:	Unknown
Ethanol:	Unknown
Glycerol:	Unknown
Erythritol:	-
Ribitol:	Unknown
Galactitol:	Unknown
Mannitol:	Weak/Latent
Sorbitol:	Weak/Latent
A M D Glucoside:	Unknown
Salicin:	-
Lactic Acid:	Weak/Latent
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:	Weak/Latent
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.