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89 - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	89
Name:	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Depositor:	ATCC
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Deposit Month:	June
Deposit Year:	1946
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 7921, CBS 2356.
Habitat:	Fleischmann's yeast cake
References:	J. Phys. Chem. 32: 1094, 1928. Woolley, J.Biol.Chem. 140: 453-459, 1941.
Information:	Differentially ferments glucose and galactose. Applications: Assay of inositol.

Special Applications

Special Applications:	Assay: Inositol

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:	5
Min Broth Length:	4
Max Broth Length:	8
Min Agar Breadth:	3
Max Agar Breadth:	5
Min Agar Length:	4
Max Agar Length:	9
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Dull
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Incomplete
Ring Colour:	White
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:
Pellicle Habitat:

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:	Unknown
Killer:	No
Plasmid:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	+
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	+
Cellobiose:	Unknown
Trehalose:	Unknown
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	Weak/Latent
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:	Unknown
Inulin:	Unknown
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	Unknown
L Arabinose:	Unknown
D Arabinose:	+
Ribose:	-
Rhamnose:	Unknown
Ethanol:	Unknown
Glycerol:	Unknown
Erythritol:	-
Ribitol:	Unknown
Galactitol:	Unknown
Mannitol:	-
Sorbitol:	-
A M D Glucoside:	Unknown
Salicin:	Unknown
Lactic Acid:	Unknown
Succinic Acid:	Unknown
Citric Acid:	Unknown
Inositol:	Unknown
Gluconolactone:	Unknown
Glucosamine:	Unknown
Methanol:	Unknown
Xylitol:	Unknown

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4:	Unknown
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:	Unknown
40c Growth:
Arbutin Hydrolysis:	-
Urease Activity:	Unknown
Starch Production:	-
Acid Tolerant:	Unknown

Sequence Data:	Data not available.