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603 - Candida guilliermondii var. guilliermondii

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Strain Information

This is the Candida guilliermondii var. guilliermondii Type Strain

This strain is recommended for studies involving Candida guilliermondii var. guilliermondii

NCYC Number:	603
Name:	Candida guilliermondii var. guilliermondii
Depositor:	CBS
Deposit Name:	Candida melibiosi
Deposit Month:	January
Deposit Year:	1962
Equivalent Strain Designations:	CBS 1909, NRRL Y-2081
Habitat:	Flower of Gentiana imbricata, from herbarium.
References:	Grüss, Jahrb.wiss.Bot. 66: 109-182, 1926. Lodder & Kreger-van Rij, The Yeasts, a Taxonomic Study, Amsterdam: N.Holland Publ., 1952.
Information:	Type strain of Candida melibiosi.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	3
Max Broth Breadth:	5
Min Broth Length:	4
Max Broth Length:	8
Min Agar Breadth:	3
Max Agar Breadth:	5
Min Agar Length:	4
Max Agar Length:	15
Arrangement:	Single
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Dull
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Thin
Pellicle Appearance:	Milky
Pellicle Habitat:	Unknown

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Not branching
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Unknown
Blastospore Shape:	Oval
Blastospore Location:	Unknown
Blastospore Habitat:	Unknown
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:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

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

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.