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823 - Dekkera bruxellensis

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Strain Information

This is the Dekkera bruxellensis Type Strain

This strain is recommended for studies involving Dekkera bruxellensis

NCYC Number:	823
Name:	Dekkera bruxellensis
Depositor:	CBS
Deposit Name:	Dekkera bruxellensis
Deposit Month:	December
Deposit Year:	1975
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 36234, CBS 74, CCRC 21414, DBVPG 6706, IFO 1590, NRRL Y-12961
Habitat:	Sediment in lambic beer, Belgium.
References:	van der Walt JP . Dekkera, a new genus of the Saccharomycetaceae. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 30: 273-280, 1964. Custers, Onderzoekingen over het Gistgeslacht Brettanomyces, Delft: Thesis, 1940. McArthur & Clark-Walker, Curr.Gen. 7: 29-35, 1983 (mtDNA). Smith et al., Yeast 6: 299-310, 1990 (DNA).
Information:	Type strain of Dekkera bruxellensis.

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Elongated
Min Broth Breadth:	2
Max Broth Breadth:	4
Min Broth Length:	4
Max Broth Length:	22
Min Agar Breadth:	1
Max Agar Breadth:	5
Min Agar Length:	3
Max Agar Length:	40
Arrangement:	Chains
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Unknown
Deposit in Broth:	Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Thin
Pellicle Appearance:	Milky
Pellicle Habitat:	Unknown

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Unknown
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Few
Blastospore Shape:	Unknown
Blastospore Location:	Unknown
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:	-
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:	-
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:	Weak/Latent
37c Growth:	Weak/Latent
40c Growth:	Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis:	-
Urease Activity:	Unknown
Starch Production:	-
Acid Tolerant:	Unknown
Photograph:

Sequence Data:	Data not available.