NCYC 3459

Wickerhamiella pararugosa

Taxon Synonyms

Candida pararugosa

Depositor

UK Beverage Industry

Deposit Date

October 2007

Habitat

Beverage contaminant, UK.

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Exhibits two different colony morpohologies on agar - smooth and wrinkled. Both have identical 26S rDNA D1/D2 sequences.
DepositorUK Beverage Industry
Deposit NameCandida pararugosa
Month of depositOctober
Deposit Year2007
HabitatBeverage contaminant, UK.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsUnknown
ReferenceWickerhamiella pararugosa (Nakase, Komag. & Fukaz.) C. Vega & Lachance, FEMS Yeast Res. 17 (5): fox054, 8 (2017)

Nakase et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 24: 17-25, 1978. Suzuki & Nakase, Microbiol.Cult.Coll. 14: 49-62, 1998 (cell-wall composition, CoQ).

Candida pararugosa Nakase, Komag. & Fukaz., J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 24 (1): 24 (1978)

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeOval to Elongated
Min Broth Breadth (µm)4
Max Broth Breadth (µm)5
Min Broth Length (µm)6
Max Broth Length (µm)7
Min Agar Breadth (µm)3
Max Agar Breadth (µm)5
Min Agar Length (µm)5
Max Agar Length (µm)19
ArrangementSingle, in chains and clumps
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarRough
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothThick
Pellicle AppearanceUnknown
Pellicle HabitatNot Climbing

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumIll Formed
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormMycocandida
BlastosporesUnknown
Blastospore ShapeUnknown
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesAbsent
Ascospore ShapeUnknown
Ascospore WallUnknown
Ascospores No Per AscusN/A
Ascus ShapeN/A
ConjugationAbsent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeUnknown

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt Tolerant10%
KillerUnknown
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose-
Galactose-
Sucrose-
Maltose-
Cellobiose-
Trehalose-
Lactose-
Melibiose-
Raffinose-
Melezitose-
Inulin-
Soluble Starch-
Xylose-
AMD Glucoside-

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4Unknown
KNO3-
EthylamineWeak/Latent
Cadaverine+
Lysine+

Other

Vitamin Free GrowthUnknown
Cyclohex 100-
Cyclohex 1000-
Glucose Growth 50+
Glucose Growth 60+
LipolyticWeak/Latent
Acid Production-
Growth 37+
Growth 40-
Arbutin Hydrolysis-
Urease Activity-
Starch Production-
Acid Tolerant-

26S rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

      No data
  

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