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815 - Pichia farinosa

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Strain Information

This is the Pichia farinosa Type Strain

This strain is recommended for studies involving Pichia farinosa

NCYC Number:	815
Name:	Pichia farinosa
Depositor:	Dr. J.A. Barnett
Deposit Name:	Pichia farinosa
Deposit Month:	December
Deposit Year:	1975
Equivalent Strain Designations:	CBS 185, CCRC 21368, IFO 1163, NRRL Y-7553
Habitat:	From Jopen beer in Danzig, Poland, 1889.
References:	Lindner, Wochenschr.Brau. 11: 153-156, 1894. Lee et al., Bull.JFCC 8: 71-78, 1992 (DNA,CoQ).

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Long-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	1
Max Broth Breadth:	3
Min Broth Length:	4
Max Broth Length:	10
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	4
Min Agar Length:	4
Max Agar Length:	12
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	White
Surface on Agar:	Dull
Texture on Agar:	Rough
Deposit in Broth:	Unknown
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Thin
Pellicle Appearance:	Milky
Pellicle Habitat:	Not Climbing

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Irregularly branched
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Few
Blastospore Shape:	Oval
Blastospore Location:	Unknown
Blastospore Habitat:	In chains
True Mycelium:	Absent
Clamp Connections:	Absent

Asexual Spores:

Ballistospores:	Absent
Arthrospores:
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:	N/A

Assay:	Unknown
Salt Tolerant:	Unknown
Killer:	Unknown
Plasmid:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.