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80 - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	80
Name:	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Depositor:	Dr. H. B. Hutchinson
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Deposit Month:
Deposit Year:	1930
Equivalent Strain Designations:	GB 354, NCTC 5922.
Habitat:	Unknown

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):

Cells:

Shape:	Round-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	3
Max Broth Breadth:	7
Min Broth Length:	4
Max Broth Length:	10
Min Agar Breadth:	5
Max Agar Breadth:	7
Min Agar Length:	7
Max Agar Length:	12
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Brown
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Rough
Deposit in Broth:	Unknown
Ring in Broth:	Complete
Ring Colour:	White
Pellicle in Broth:	Thin
Pellicle Appearance:	Milky
Pellicle Habitat:	Unknown

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Absent
Pseudomycelium Branch:
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:	Smooth
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	4
Ascus Shape:	Oval
Conjugation:	Absent
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:

Assay:	Unknown
Salt Tolerant:	10%
Killer:	No
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:	Unknown
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	+
Cellobiose:	-
Trehalose:	+
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	Unknown
Melizitose:	+
Inulin:	-
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	-
L Arabinose:	Unknown
D Arabinose:	+
Ribose:	+
Rhamnose:	Unknown
Ethanol:	Weak/Latent
Glycerol:	-
Erythritol:	-
Ribitol:	Unknown
Galactitol:	Unknown
Mannitol:	-
Sorbitol:	-
A M D Glucoside:	+
Salicin:	-
Lactic Acid:	Weak/Latent
Succinic Acid:	-
Citric Acid:	Unknown
Inositol:	Unknown
Gluconolactone:	Unknown
Glucosamine:	Unknown
Methanol:	Unknown
Xylitol:	Unknown

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

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

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.