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789 - Yarrowia lipolytica

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	789
Name:	Yarrowia lipolytica
Depositor:	N.C.M.B
Deposit Name:	Candida lipolytica, Saccharomycopsis lipolytica
Deposit Month:	September
Deposit Year:	1974
Equivalent Strain Designations:	NCMB 1207 strain 226.
Habitat:	Fish from sea.
References:	Sheena S. Ross Ph.D. Thesis. Glasgow University. Ross, S.S. & Morris, E.O., Appl. Bact. 1965, 28(2), 224.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	26
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	12
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	28

Cells:

Shape:	Oval
Min Broth Breadth:	1
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:	7
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:	Ill formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Unknown
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Few
Blastospore Shape:	Oval
Blastospore Location:	Unknown
Blastospore Habitat:	Unknown
True Mycelium:	Present
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:	No
Salt Tolerant:	Unknown
Killer:	No
Plasmid:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	-
Sucrose:	-
Maltose:	-
Cellobiose:	-
Trehalose:	-
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	Unknown
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:	Weak/Latent
Glycerol:	Weak/Latent
Erythritol:	+
Ribitol:	Weak/Latent
Galactitol:	-
Mannitol:	Weak/Latent
Sorbitol:	Weak/Latent
A M D Glucoside:	-
Salicin:	-
Lactic Acid:	Weak/Latent
Succinic Acid:	+
Citric Acid:	Unknown
Inositol:	-
Gluconolactone:	Unknown
Glucosamine:	Unknown
Methanol:	Unknown
Xylitol:	Unknown

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.