NCYC 2481

Clavispora lusitaniae

Taxon Synonyms

Clavispora lusitaniae

Equivalent Strain Designations

CBS 4413, ATCC 34449, CCRC 20326, DBVPG 6142, IFO 1019, IGC 2705, JCM 1814, NRRL Y-11826

Depositor

CBS

Deposit Date

August 1993

Habitat

Pigs intestine, Portugal

Details

Clavispora lusitaniae

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Control strain for typing systems (Vazquez JA, 1993). Produces ethanol from cellobiose, degrades cellobiose, produces ethanol (Freer & Detroy, 1982, Freer & Detroy, 1983). Quality control strain (VITEK 2 YST ID Card. bioMerieux; VITEK 2).
DepositorCBS
Deposit NameUnknown
Month of depositAugust
Deposit Year1993
HabitatPigs intestine, Portugal
Equivalent Strain DesignationsCBS 4413, ATCC 34449, CCRC 20326, DBVPG 6142, IFO 1019, IGC 2705, JCM 1814, NRRL Y-11826
Referencevan Uden N, Do Carmo-Sousa L (1959). Further studies on the significance of temperature relations and vitamin deficiency patterns in yeast taxonomy. With descriptions of Candida parapsilosis var. querci nov. var., C. obtusa nov. comb. and C. lusitaniae nov. sp.. Port. Acta Biol. 6B: 239-256. Vazquez JA, et al (1993). Comparison of restriction enzyme analysis versus pulsed-field gradient gel electrophoresis as a typing system for Torulopsis glabrata and Candida species other than C. albicans. J. Clin. Microbiol. 31: 2021-2030. Freer SN, Detroy RW (1982). Direct fermentation of cellodextrins to ethanol by Candida wickerhamii and C. lusitaniae. Biotechnol. Lett. 4: 453-458. Freer SN, Detroy RW (1983). Characterization of cellobiose fermentations to ethanol by yeasts. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 25: 541-557. VITEK 2 YST ID Card. bioMerieux; VITEK 2.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeElongated
Min Broth Breadth (µm)3
Max Broth Breadth (µm)7
Min Broth Length (µm)6
Max Broth Length (µm)30
Min Agar Breadth (µm)3
Max Agar Breadth (µm)7
Min Agar Length (µm)6
Max Agar Length (µm)47
ArrangementUnknown
Colour on AgarWhite
Surface on AgarShiny
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
BlastosporesMany
Blastospore ShapeOval
Blastospore LocationDispersed
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesUnknown
Ascospore ShapeUnknown
Ascospore WallUnknown
Ascospores No Per AscusUnknown
Ascus ShapeUnknown
ConjugationUnknown
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeUnknown

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt TolerantUnknown
KillerUnknown
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose +
Galactose +
Sucrose +
Maltose -
Cellobiose +
Trehalose +
Lactose -
Melibiose -
Raffinose -
Melizitose -
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 50 +
Glucose Growth 60Unknown
Lipolytic -
Acid Production -
Growth 37 +
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis +
Urease Activity -
Starch Production -
Acid TolerantUnknown

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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