NCYC 2507

Candida blankii

Taxon Synonyms

Candida blankii

Equivalent Strain Designations

CBS 1898, ATCC 18735, CCRC 21492, DBVPG 6204, IFO 10230, IGC 3410, JCM 8259, KCTC 7606, NRRL Y-17068

Depositor

CBS

Deposit Date

February 1994

Habitat

Blood of Putorius vison (mink), Canada

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Produces SCP from palm oil at 40C (Nakahara T, 1982). Alkali-tolerant at pH 10 (Buckley HR , van Uden N , 1968).
DepositorCBS
Deposit NameUnknown
Month of depositFebruary
Deposit Year1994
HabitatBlood of Putorius vison (mink), Canada
Equivalent Strain DesignationsCBS 1898, ATCC 18735, CCRC 21492, DBVPG 6204, IFO 10230, IGC 3410, JCM 8259, KCTC 7606, NRRL Y-17068
ReferenceBuckley HR , van Uden N .(1968). Five new Candida species. Mycopathol. Mycol. Appl. 36: 257-266. Nakahara T , et al. (1982). Production of yeast cells from palm oil at the high temperature of 40 degrees C. J. Ferment. Technol. 60: 89-91. Aono R. (1990). Taxonomic distribution of alkali-tolerant yeasts. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 13: 394-397.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeElongated
Min Broth Breadth (µm)3
Max Broth Breadth (µm)4
Min Broth Length (µm)4
Max Broth Length (µm)10
Min Agar Breadth (µm)3
Max Agar Breadth (µm)7
Min Agar Length (µm)3
Max Agar Length (µm)20
ArrangementUnknown
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarSlightly Shiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceUnknown
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumWell Formed
Pseudomycelium BranchIrregularly Branched
Pseudomycelium FormMycocandida
BlastosporesFew
Blastospore ShapeOval
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatSingle
True MyceliumPresent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesAbsent
Ascospore ShapeUnknown
Ascospore WallUnknown
Ascospores No Per AscusUnknown
Ascus ShapeUnknown
ConjugationAbsent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeUnknown

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt TolerantUnknown
KillerUnknown
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4+
KNO3-
Ethylamine+
Cadaverine+
LysineUnknown

Other

Vitamin Free Growth+
Cyclohex 100+
Cyclohex 1000+
Glucose Growth 50Unknown
Glucose Growth 60Unknown
Lipolytic-
Acid Production-
Growth 37+
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin HydrolysisWeak/Latent
Urease Activity-
Starch Production-
Acid TolerantUnknown

26S rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

      No data
  

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