NCYC 405

Candida tropicalis

Taxon Synonyms

Candida tropicalis

Depositor

Pearce

Deposit Date

June 1954

Habitat

Lactic cheese.

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

Details

Candida tropicalis

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Halophilic strain - listed by depositor as growing well on medium containing 8% NaCl.
DepositorPearce
Deposit NameCandida tropicalis
Month of depositJune
Deposit Year1954
HabitatLactic cheese.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsUnknown
ReferenceHalophilic strain

Physical Characteristics

Optimum Temperature38
Miniumum Temperature14
Maximum Temperature41

Cells

ShapeOval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)4
Max Broth Breadth (µm)6
Min Broth Length (µm)6
Max Broth Length (µm)7
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)8
Min Agar Length (µm)5
Max Agar Length (µm)50
ArrangementChains
Colour on AgarWhite
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothUnknown
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothThin
Pellicle AppearanceMilky
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumWell formed
Pseudomycelium BranchRegularly branched
Pseudomycelium FormMycotorula
BlastosporesMany
Blastospore ShapeOval
Blastospore LocationVerticils
Blastospore HabitatIn chains
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

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

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt TolerantUnknown
KillerUnknown
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose +
GalactoseWeak/Latent
Sucrose +
MaltoseWeak/Latent
Cellobiose -
Trehalose +
Lactose -
Melibiose -
Raffinose -
MelizitoseUnknown
InulinUnknown
Soluble StarchUnknown
XyloseUnknown
AMD GlucosideUnknown

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4Unknown
KNO3 -
Ethylamine +
CadaverineUnknown
LysineUnknown

Other

Vitamin Free GrowthUnknown
Cyclohex 100Unknown
Cyclohex 1000Unknown
Glucose Growth 50Unknown
Glucose Growth 60Unknown
Lipolytic -
Acid ProductionUnknown
Growth 37 +
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis +
Urease ActivityUnknown
Starch Production -
Acid TolerantUnknown

26S rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

      No data
  

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