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874 - Phaffia rhodozyma

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This is the Phaffia rhodozyma Type Strain
This strain is recommended for studies involving Phaffia rhodozyma
NCYC Number:874
Name:Phaffia rhodozyma
Depositor:M.W.Miller
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Deposit Year:1980
Equivalent Strain Designations:ATCC 24202, CBS 5905, CCRC 21346, DSM 5626, DBVPG 7009, IFO 10129, IGC 4172, NRRL Y-10921, UCD 67-210.
Habitat:Exudate of Fagus crenata, Japan.
References:
  • Phaff et al., Proc. IV Int.Ferment.Symp.: Ferment.Technol.Today, p.759-774, 1972.
  • Kucsera et al., A.v.Leuwenhoek 73: 163-168, 1998 (sporulation).
  • Medwid, J.Indust.Microbiol.Biotechnol. 21: 221-232, 1998 (polypoidy).
  • Yamada & Kawasaki, Agric.Biol.Chem. 53: 2845-2846, 1989 (18S rRNA sequences).
  • Pfeiffer et al., Curr.Genet. 30: 294-297, 1996 (dsRNA virus).
  • Andrewes et al., Phytochem. 15: 1003-1007, 1976; Andrewes & Starr, Phytochem. 15: 1009-1101, 1976; Johnson & Lewis, J.Gen.Microbiol. 115: 173-183, 1979 AppLit: Johnson et al.
  • Johnson EA , et al. Processes for in vivo production of astaxanthin and Phaffia rhodozyma yeast of enhanced astaxanthin content. US Patent 5,356,809 dated Oct 18 1994.
  • Golubev WI . Perfect state of Rhodomyces dendrorhous (Phaffia rhodozyma). Yeast 11: 101-110, 1995.
  • Miller MW , et al. Phaffia, a new yeast genus in the Deuteromycotina (Blastomycetes). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 26: 286-291, 1976.
  • Biotechnol. Lett. 17: 575-578, 1995.
  • Hayman GT , et al. Production of carotenoids by Phaffia rhodozyma grown on media composed of corn wet-milling co-products. J. Ind. Microbiol. 14: 389-395, 1995.
  • Tilser I , et al. Effect of supplementation of University of Wisconsin solution with glycoproteins from psychrophilic strains of yeast on hypothermic liver storage of rats. Cryobiology 33: 347-353, 1996.
  • Breierova E . Cryoprotection of psychrophilic yeast species- by the use of additives with croprotective media. Cryo-Lett. 15: 191-197, 1994.
  • Fell JW , Blatt GM . Separation of strains of the yeasts Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous and Phaffia rhodozyma based on rDNA IGS and ITS sequence analysis. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 23: 677-681, 1999.
  • Fell JW , et al. Biodiversity and systematics of basidiomycetous yeasts as determined by large-subunit rDNA D1/D2 domain sequence analysis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50: 1351-1371, 2000.
Information:
  • Applications: feed supplement for salmonid fish and crustaceans.
  • Increased production of carotinoids and trans-astaxanthin by addition of mevalonic acid (Biotechnol. Lett. 17: 575-578, 1995).
  • Produces astaxanthin (Johnson EA , 1994; Biotechnol. Lett. 17: 575-578, 1995).
  • Produces carotenoids (Biotechnol. Lett. 17: 575-578, 1995; Hayman GT , et al, 1995).
  • Produces glycoproteins (Tilser I, 1996).

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