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907 - Debaryomyces polymorphus

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	907
Name:	Debaryomyces polymorphus
Depositor:	Dr. J.A. Barnett
Deposit Name:	Debaryomyces polymorphus
Deposit Month:	July
Deposit Year:	1983
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 24172, CBS 4349, CCRC 21413, IAM 12208, IFO 1363, JCM 1628, NRRL Y-7958, UCD 60-25
Habitat:	Soil of forest, Finland.
References:	Calleja GB , et al. Rapid process for the conversion of xylose to ethanol. Canadian Patent 1,266,245 Capriotti A . Debaryomyces cantarellii nova species, a new yeast isolated from a Finnish soil. Arch. Mikrobiol. 39: 123-129, 1961. Price CW , Phaff HJ . Debaryomyces polymorphus and D. pseudopolymorphus, new taxonomic combinations. Mycologia 71: 444-445, 1979. Yamada et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 22: 325-337, 1976 (CoQ). Price et al., Microbiol.Rev. 42: 161-193, 1978 (DNA).
Information:	Produces ethanol from D-xylose. Type strain of Debaryomyces cantarellii.

Special Applications

Special Applications:	Degradation / Utilisation: Xylose Production: Ethanol

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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Cells:

Shape:	Unknown
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Arrangement:	Unknown
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Slightly shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Thick
Pellicle Appearance:	Milky
Pellicle Habitat:	Climbing

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Absent
Pseudomycelium Branch:	N/A
Pseudomycelium Form:	N/A
Blastospores:	N/A
Blastospore Shape:	N/A
Blastospore Location:	N/A
Blastospore Habitat:	N/A
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:	No
Salt Tolerant:	Unknown
Killer:	Unknown
Plasmid:	Unknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	Weak/Latent
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	+
Cellobiose:	-
Trehalose:	-
Lactose:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	-
Melizitose:	Weak/Latent
Inulin:	Weak/Latent
Soluble Starch:	-
Xylose:	-
A M D Glucoside:	-

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	+
Sorbose:	+
Sucrose:	+
Maltose:	+
Cellobiose:	+
Trehalose:	+
Lactose:	+
Melibiose:	Weak/Latent
Raffinose:	+
Melizitose:	+
Inulin:	+
Soluble Starch:	+
Xylose:	+
L Arabinose:	+
D Arabinose:	-
Ribose:	Weak/Latent
Rhamnose:	-
Ethanol:	+
Glycerol:	+
Erythritol:	+
Ribitol:	+
Galactitol:	Weak/Latent
Mannitol:	+
Sorbitol:	+
A M D Glucoside:	+
Salicin:	+
Lactic Acid:	-
Succinic Acid:	Weak/Latent
Citric Acid:	Weak/Latent
Inositol:	-
Gluconolactone:	+
Glucosamine:	Weak/Latent
Methanol:	-
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:	-
60% Glucose Growth:	-
Lipolytic:	-
Acid Production:	-
37c Growth:	-
40c Growth:
Arbutin Hydrolysis:	+
Urease Activity:	-
Starch Production:	-
Acid Tolerant:	Unknown

Sequence Data:	Data not available.