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799 - Candida famata var. famata

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	799
Name:	Candida famata var. famata
Depositor:	N.C.M.B
Deposit Name:	Torulopsis famata
Deposit Month:	September
Deposit Year:	1974
Equivalent Strain Designations:	NCMB 1260 strain 308s.
Habitat:	Sea water.
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):
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:
Max Broth Breadth:
Min Broth Length:
Max Broth Length:
Min Agar Breadth:
Max Agar Breadth:
Min Agar Length:
Max Agar Length:
Arrangement:	Single
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Slightly shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	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:	Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Unknown
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Many
Blastospore Shape:	Unknown
Blastospore Location:	Verticils
Blastospore Habitat:	Unknown
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:	Unknown
Raffinose:	+
Melizitose:	Unknown
Inulin:	Unknown
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	Unknown
A M D Glucoside:	Unknown

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	+
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:	+
Sorbitol:	+
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:	+
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:	Unknown

Sequence Data:	Data not available.