NCYC - Yeast Identification, Culture and Safe Deposit Services

View Yeast Characteristics

905 - Candida ergatensis

Please login or register to buy yeasts online from NCYC

Print Friendly Version
Expand All | Collapse All

Strain Information

This is the Candida ergatensis Type Strain

This strain is recommended for studies involving Candida ergatensis

NCYC Number:	905
Name:	Candida ergatensis
Depositor:	Dr. J.A. Barnett
Deposit Name:	Candida ergastensis
Deposit Month:	January
Deposit Year:	1978
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 22589, CBS 6248, CCRC 22611, IFO 10233, KCTC 7624, SBY 1102.
Habitat:	larvae of Ergates faber (cerabycid beetle), in stump of Pinus sp. (pine tree), Madrod, Spain.
References:	Santa María, An. Inst. Nac. Invest. Agrar. 1: 85-88, 1971. Shin et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 42: 481-491. 1996 (CoQ.)
Information:	Type strain of Candida ergatensis.

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:	3
Max Broth Length:	20
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	5
Min Agar Length:	3
Max Agar Length:	20
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Unknown
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:	N/A
Pellicle Habitat:	N/A

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Irregularly branched
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Few
Blastospore Shape:	Unknown
Blastospore Location:	Dispersed
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:	Weak/Latent
Galactose:	Weak/Latent
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:	Weak/Latent
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	-
Melizitose:	Weak/Latent
Inulin:	+
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	+
L Arabinose:	-
D Arabinose:	Weak/Latent
Ribose:	Weak/Latent
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:	Unknown
Cyclohex 100ppm:	-
Cyclohex 1000ppm:	-
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.