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62 - Rhodotorula minuta var. minuta

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Strain Information

This strain is recommended for studies involving Rhodotorula minuta var. minuta

NCYC Number:	62
Name:	Rhodotorula minuta var. minuta
Depositor:	F. C. Harrison
Deposit Name:	Rhodotorula minuta var. minuta
Deposit Month:	April
Deposit Year:	1928
Equivalent Strain Designations:
Habitat:	Unknown
References:	Proc. Roy. Soc. Can. 1928, 22, p187. Phaff et al. 1952, Yeasts isolated from shrimp. Mycologia 44, 431-451.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	27.5
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	17.2
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	32.7

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	2
Max Broth Breadth:	3
Min Broth Length:	3
Max Broth Length:	5
Min Agar Breadth:	3
Max Agar Breadth:	4
Min Agar Length:	3
Max Agar Length:	5
Arrangement:	Single
Colour on Agar:	Brown
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Wrinkled
Deposit in Broth:	Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Incomplete
Ring Colour:	Pink
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:
Pellicle Habitat:

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Absent
Pseudomycelium Branch:
Pseudomycelium Form:
Blastospores:
Blastospore Shape:
Blastospore Location:
Blastospore Habitat:
True Mycelium:	Absent
Clamp Connections:	Absent

Asexual Spores:

Ballistospores:	Absent
Arthrospores:	Absent
Endospores:	Absent
Chlamydospores:	Absent

Sexual Spores:

Ascospores:	Absent
Ascospore Shape:
Ascospore Wall:
Ascospore No Per Ascus:
Ascus Shape:
Conjugation:	Absent
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:

Assay:	No
Salt Tolerant:	-
Killer:	No
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:	+
Lactose:	+
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	-
Melizitose:	+
Inulin:	-
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	+
L Arabinose:	+
D Arabinose:	+
Ribose:	Weak/Latent
Rhamnose:	-
Ethanol:	+
Glycerol:	+
Erythritol:	-
Ribitol:	+
Galactitol:	-
Mannitol:	Weak/Latent
Sorbitol:	-
A M D Glucoside:	-
Salicin:	+
Lactic Acid:	-
Succinic Acid:	+
Citric Acid:	-
Inositol:	-
Gluconolactone:	+
Glucosamine:	-
Methanol:	-
Xylitol:	-

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.