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86 - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	86
Name:	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Depositor:	R.J. Williams, via ATCC
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Deposit Month:
Deposit Year:	1942
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 7753, CCRC 21444, NCTC 6421, NRRL Y-976.
Habitat:	Unknown 'Old Process strain'.
References:	Univ.Texas Publ. 4137: 31, 1941. Dominguez A, Villanueva JR, Sentandreu R. Inositol deficiency in Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC 86. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 1978;44(1):25-34 (morphology & vitamin deficiency).
Information:	Assay organism for inositol and thiamine.

Special Applications

Special Applications:	Assay: Inositol Assay: Thiamin

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:	9
Min Broth Length:	4
Max Broth Length:	10
Min Agar Breadth:	4
Max Agar Breadth:	6
Min Agar Length:	6
Max Agar Length:	18
Arrangement:	Chains
Colour on Agar:	White
Surface on Agar:	Dull
Texture on Agar:	Wrinkled
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Incomplete
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:
Pellicle Habitat:

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Ill formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Unknown
Blastospore Shape:	Unknown
Blastospore Location:	Unknown
Blastospore Habitat:	Unknown
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:

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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.