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91 - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	91
Name:	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Depositor:	A. Guilliermond
Deposit Name:	Saccharomyces chevalieri
Deposit Month:
Deposit Year:	1925
Equivalent Strain Designations:	ATCC 9804, CCRC 21812, DBVPG 6174, DSM 70478, IFO 0210, IGC 2542, JCM 2220, NCTC 2054, NRRL Y-12633.
Habitat:	Ivory Coast Palm Wine, from Elaeis guineensis.
References:	Guilliermond, Ann.Sci.Nat., Sér.9 Bot. 19: 1-32, 1914. Naumov et al., Cryptogamie Mycol. 14: 263-270, 1993 (identification) Rodrigues de Sousa et al., System.Appl.Microbiol. 18: 44-51, 1995 (fructose symport) Vaughan Martini & Kurtzman, Int.J.Syst.Bacteriol. 35: 508-511, 1985 [DNA]. Rosini et al., Europ.J.Appl.Microbiol.Biotechnol. 15: 188-193, 1982 [DNA hybridization]. Pedersen, Carlsberg Res.Commun. 51: 163-183, 1986 [karyotype]
Information:	T of Saccharomyces chevalieri Guilliermond

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

Optimum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):
Miniumum Temperature(Degrees Celcius):
Maximum Temperature (Degrees Celcius):

Cells:

Shape:	Long-oval
Min Broth Breadth:	4
Max Broth Breadth:	5
Min Broth Length:	7
Max Broth Length:	16
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	6
Min Agar Length:	5
Max Agar Length:	15
Arrangement:	Single
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Dull
Texture on Agar:	Wrinkled
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
Ring in Broth:	Absent
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Absent
Pellicle Appearance:
Pellicle Habitat:

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Well formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Irregularly branched
Pseudomycelium Form:	Mycotorula
Blastospores:
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:
Ascus Shape:	Oval
Conjugation:	Absent
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:

Assay:	No
Salt Tolerant:	-
Killer:	Unknown
Plasmid:	No

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

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

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4:	+
KNO3:	-
Ethylamine:	-
Cadaverine:	Unknown
Lysine:

Vitamin Free Growth:	+
Cyclohex 100ppm:	-
Cyclohex 1000ppm:	-
50% Glucose Growth:	-
60% Glucose Growth:	-
Lipolytic:	-
Acid Production:	Weak/Latent
37c Growth:	+
40c Growth:
Arbutin Hydrolysis:	-
Urease Activity:	-
Starch Production:	Unknown
Acid Tolerant:	-

Sequence Data:	Data not available.