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759 - Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	759
Name:	Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Depositor:	Dr. J.A. Barnett
Deposit Name:	Rhodotorula pilimanae
Deposit Month:	March
Deposit Year:	1973
Equivalent Strain Designations:	CBS 6462, UCD 68-854B, UCD 68-854.2
Habitat:	Exudate of Populus tremuloides (aspen), British Columbia, Canada.

Special Applications

Special Applications:	Temperature: Low Temperature: Between 5-8 C

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	32
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	8
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	31

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	2
Max Broth Breadth:	4
Min Broth Length:	2
Max Broth Length:	6
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	4
Min Agar Length:	3
Max Agar Length:	5
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Pink
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Non-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:	Absent
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:	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:	+
Sorbose:	Weak/Latent
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	-
Cellobiose:	-
Trehalose:	+
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	+
Melizitose:	-
Inulin:	-
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	+
L Arabinose:	+
D Arabinose:	+
Ribose:	+
Rhamnose:	-
Ethanol:	+
Glycerol:	+
Erythritol:	-
Ribitol:	-
Galactitol:	-
Mannitol:	Weak/Latent
Sorbitol:	-
A M D Glucoside:	-
Salicin:	+
Lactic Acid:	Weak/Latent
Succinic Acid:	+
Citric Acid:	-
Inositol:	-
Gluconolactone:	Unknown
Glucosamine:	Unknown
Methanol:	Unknown
Xylitol:	Unknown

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.