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929 - Kluyveromyces lactis

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	929
Name:	Kluyveromyces lactis
Depositor:	Dr. J.A. Barnett
Deposit Name:	Kluyveromyces drosophilarum
Deposit Month:	February
Deposit Year:	1980
Equivalent Strain Designations:	CBS 3010
Habitat:	Drosophila sp. (fruit fly).
References:	Phaff et al., A.v.Leeuwenhoek 22: 145-161, 1956. Cong et al., Microbiology 140: 1327-1335, 1994 (plasmid).
Information:	Serotype: C

Physical Characteristics

Temperature:

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

Cells:

Shape:	Round
Min Broth Breadth:	2
Max Broth Breadth:	5
Min Broth Length:	2
Max Broth Length:	5
Min Agar Breadth:	2
Max Agar Breadth:	5
Min Agar Length:	3
Max Agar Length:	6
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Cream
Surface on Agar:	Shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Non-Flocculent
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:	Ill formed
Pseudomycelium Branch:	Not branching
Pseudomycelium Form:	Unknown
Blastospores:	Absent
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:	Present
Ascospore Shape:	Reniform
Ascospore Wall:	Unknown
Ascospore No Per Ascus:	4
Ascus Shape:	Oval
Conjugation:	Absent
Teliospores:	Absent
Teliospore Shape:	N/A

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

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose:	+
Galactose:	+
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:	-
Melibiose:	-
Raffinose:	+
Melizitose:	+
Inulin:	Weak/Latent
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:	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:	Unknown
50% Glucose Growth:	-
60% Glucose Growth:	-
Lipolytic:	-
Acid Production:	-
37c Growth:	+
40c Growth:	Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis:	-
Urease Activity:	-
Starch Production:	-
Acid Tolerant:	Unknown
Photograph:

Sequence Data:	Data not available.