NCYC 548

Kluyveromyces lactis var. drosophilarum

Taxon Synonyms

Kluyveromyces lactis

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 24176, CBS 2103, CCRC 21338, DBVPG 6108, NRRL Y-1975, UCD 50-80.

Depositor

Dr. H. J. Phaff

Deposit Date

November 1958

Habitat

Drosophila pseudoobscura (fruit fly), Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA.

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

Details

Kluyveromyces lactis var. drosophilarum

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Killer sensitive. Beta-glucanase activity.
DepositorDr. H. J. Phaff
Deposit NameSaccharomyces phaselosporus
Month of depositNovember
Deposit Year1958
HabitatDrosophila pseudoobscura (fruit fly), Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 24176, CBS 2103, CCRC 21338, DBVPG 6108, NRRL Y-1975, UCD 50-80.
ReferenceShehata ET , et al. Yeasts isolated from Drosophila and their suspected feeding places in southern and central California. Mycologia 47: 799-811, 1955. Exp. Mycol. 2: 12-25, 1978.(Beta-glucanase activity). Vaughan Martini et al., Biotechnol.Tech. 2: 293-296, 1988 (killer).

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeUnknown
Min Broth Breadth (µm)2
Max Broth Breadth (µm)5
Min Broth Length (µm)2
Max Broth Length (µm)5
Min Agar Breadth (µm)3
Max Agar Breadth (µm)4
Min Agar Length (µm)3
Max Agar Length (µm)6
ArrangementFloccs
Colour on AgarWhite
Surface on AgarDull
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothFlocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothThin
Pellicle AppearanceIslands
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumAbsent
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormN/A
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 TolerantUnknown
KillerUnknown
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose+
Galactose+
Sucrose+
Maltose-
CellobioseUnknown
TrehaloseUnknown
Lactose-
Melibiose-
Raffinose+
MelizitoseUnknown
InulinUnknown
Soluble Starch-
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 60-
Lipolytic-
Acid ProductionUnknown
Growth 37Unknown
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis+
Urease ActivityUnknown
Starch Production-
Acid Tolerant-

26S rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

      No data
  

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