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979 - Rhodosporidium toruloides

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Strain Information

NCYC Number:	979
Name:	Rhodosporidium toruloides
Depositor:	IFO, Japan.
Deposit Name:	Rhodosporidium toruloides
Deposit Month:	December
Deposit Year:	1980
Equivalent Strain Designations:	CBS 315, IFO 0413, IFO 0388, JCM 8160, JCM 8161, NRRL Y-6672, VKM Y-333
Habitat:	Unknown
References:	Banno. I.J., J.Gen. Appl. Bact. 13, 169, 1967.

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:	4
Min Broth Length:	3
Max Broth Length:	6
Min Agar Breadth:
Max Agar Breadth:
Min Agar Length:
Max Agar Length:
Arrangement:	Pairs
Colour on Agar:	Red
Surface on Agar:	Slightly shiny
Texture on Agar:	Smooth
Deposit in Broth:	Unknown
Ring in Broth:	Complete
Ring Colour:	Unknown
Pellicle in Broth:	Unknown
Pellicle Appearance:	Unknown
Pellicle Habitat:	Unknown

Cell Division:

Budding:	Multipolar
Fission:	Absent

Filamentous Growth:

Pseudomycelium:	Absent
Pseudomycelium Branch:	N/A
Pseudomycelium Form:	N/A
Blastospores:	Absent
Blastospore Shape:	N/A
Blastospore Location:	N/A
Blastospore Habitat:	N/A
True Mycelium:	Unknown
Clamp Connections:	Unknown

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:	-
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:	Weak/Latent
Rhamnose:	-
Ethanol:	+
Glycerol:	Weak/Latent
Erythritol:	-
Ribitol:	+
Galactitol:	-
Mannitol:	Weak/Latent
Sorbitol:	Weak/Latent
A M D Glucoside:	+
Salicin:	+
Lactic Acid:	Weak/Latent
Succinic Acid:	+
Citric Acid:	-
Inositol:	-
Gluconolactone:	Unknown
Glucosamine:	Unknown
Methanol:	Unknown
Xylitol:	Unknown

Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4:	+
KNO3:	+
Ethylamine:	Weak/Latent
Cadaverine:	Unknown
Lysine:	Unknown

Vitamin Free Growth:	+
Cyclohex 100ppm:	Weak/Latent
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

Sequence Data:	Data not available.