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71 - Candida famata var. famata

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Strain Information

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

NCYC Number:	71
Name:	Candida famata var. famata
Depositor:	J. T. Duncan, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces blanchardii
Deposit Month:	May
Deposit Year:	1932
Equivalent Strain Designations:	NCTC 3597
Habitat:	Human
References:	Blanchard, Schwartz and Binot, Arch. de Parasit. 1903, 7, 489.

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:	3
Min Broth Length:	3
Max Broth Length:	5
Min Agar Breadth:	3
Max Agar Breadth:	5
Min Agar Length:	3
Max Agar Length:	6
Arrangement:	Single
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Dull
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
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:
Pseudomycelium Form:
Blastospores:
Blastospore Shape:
Blastospore Location:
Blastospore Habitat:
True Mycelium:	Absent
Clamp Connections:	Absent

Asexual Spores:

Ballistospores:	Absent
Arthrospores:
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:	20%
Killer:	Unknown
Plasmid:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	+
Sorbose:	+
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	+
Cellobiose:	+
Trehalose:	+
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	+
Melizitose:	+
Inulin:	-
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	+
L Arabinose:	+
D Arabinose:	-
Ribose:	+
Rhamnose:	-
Ethanol:	+
Glycerol:	+
Erythritol:	+
Ribitol:	+
Galactitol:	+
Mannitol:	+
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:	Weak/Latent
37c Growth:	-
40c Growth:
Arbutin Hydrolysis:	Weak/Latent
Urease Activity:	-
Starch Production:	-
Acid Tolerant:	-

Sequence Data:	Data not available.