NCYC - Yeast Identification, Culture and Safe Deposit Services

View Yeast Characteristics

8 - Debaryomyces hansenii

Please login or register to buy yeasts online from NCYC

Print Friendly Version
Expand All | Collapse All

Strain Information

NCYC Number:	8
Name:	Debaryomyces hansenii
Depositor:	A. Guilliermond
Deposit Name:	Debaryomyces kloeckeri
Deposit Month:	Unknown
Deposit Year:	1925
Equivalent Strain Designations:	NCTC 2059
Habitat:	Throat of patient with angina.
References:	Guilliermond A. & Peju G. , G. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. 82: 1343, 1919.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	29
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):	10.2
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):	31.2

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	3
Max Broth Breadth:	4
Min Broth Length:	4
Max Broth Length:	5
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	4
Min Agar Length:	2
Max Agar Length:	5
Arrangement:	Single
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Slightly shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:
Pellicle Habitat:

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Ill formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Irregularly branched
Pseudomycelium Form:
Blastospores:	Absent
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:	Present
Ascospore Shape:	Round
Ascospore Wall:	Warty
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	1
Ascus Shape:	Round
Conjugation:	Present
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:

Assay:	No
Salt Tolerant:	10%
Killer:	No
Plasmid:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	+
Sorbose:	Weak/Latent
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	+
Cellobiose:	+
Trehalose:	+
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	+
Raffinose:	+
Melizitose:	+
Inulin:	-
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	Weak/Latent
L Arabinose:	Weak/Latent
D Arabinose:	-
Ribose:	-
Rhamnose:	-
Ethanol:	+
Glycerol:	+
Erythritol:	+
Ribitol:	+
Galactitol:	-
Mannitol:	+
Sorbitol:	+
A M D Glucoside:	+
Salicin:	Weak/Latent
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:	Weak/Latent
Urease Activity:	-
Starch Production:	-
Acid Tolerant:	-

Sequence Data:	Data not available.