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613 - Debaryomyces robertsiae

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Strain Information

This is the Debaryomyces robertsiae Type Strain

This strain is recommended for studies involving Debaryomyces robertsiae

NCYC Number:	613
Name:	Debaryomyces robertsiae
Depositor:	CBS
Deposit Name:	Pichia robertsiae, Wingea robertsiae
Deposit Month:	May
Deposit Year:	1960
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 22312, CBS 2934, CCRC 21400, DBVPG 6789, IFO 1277, NRRL Y-6670
Habitat:	Pollen & larval feed of Xylocopa caffra (carpenter bee), Pretoria, South Africa.
References:	van der Walt JP . Pichia robertsii nov. spec., a new haploid homothallic yeast. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 25: 337-343, 1959. van der Walt JP . Wingea, a new genus of the Saccharomycetaceae. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 33: 97-99, 1967. Cong et al., Microbiology 140: 1327-1335, 1994 (plasmid). Kurtzman CP , Robnett CJ . Synonymy of the yeast genera Wingea and Debaryomyces. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 66: 337-342, 1994.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	5
Max Broth Breadth:	8
Min Broth Length:	5
Max Broth Length:	10
Min Agar Breadth:	3
Max Agar Breadth:	4
Min Agar Length:	3
Max Agar Length:	5
Arrangement:	Floccs
Colour on Agar:	White
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Wrinkled
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Thin
Pellicle Appearance:	Milky
Pellicle Habitat:	Climbing

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:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	+
Sorbose:	+
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	+
Cellobiose:	+
Trehalose:	+
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	+
Melizitose:	+
Inulin:	Unknown
Soluble Starch:	Unknown
Xylose:	+
L Arabinose:	Unknown
D Arabinose:	Weak/Latent
Ribose:	Unknown
Rhamnose:	+
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:	-
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.