NCYC 575

Kluyveromyces lactis var. drosophilarum

Taxon Synonyms

Kluyveromyces lactis, Zygofabospora krasilnikovi, Saccharomyces drosophilarum, Kluyveromyces drosophilarum

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 36906, CBS 2896, CCRC 21337, DSM 2896, VKPM Y 1169.

Depositor

Dr. M. Ingram

Deposit Date

January 1959

Habitat

Slime flux of Quercus sp. (oak tree), near Moscow, Russia.
Kluyveromyces lactis var. drosophilarum

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
Produces killer toxin. killer type K10
DepositorDr. M. Ingram
Deposit NameZygofabospora krasilnikovi, Saccharomyces drosophilarum
Month of depositJanuary
Deposit Year1959
HabitatSlime flux of Quercus sp. (oak tree), near Moscow, Russia.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 36906, CBS 2896, CCRC 21337, DSM 2896, VKPM Y 1169.
ReferenceKudrjawzew, Die Systematik der Hefen, Berlin 1960, p.185. Barnett, J.Gen.Microbiol. 52: 131-154, 1968. Cong et al., Microbiology 140: 1327-1335, 1994 (plasmid). Young, The Yeasts (eds Rose & Harrison), 1987. London Academic Press (killer). Shimizu K , et al.. Killer properties of wine yeasts and characterization of killer wine yeasts. J. Ferment. Technol. 63: 421-429, 1985. Young TW , Yagiu M . A comparison of the killer character in different yeasts and its classification. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 44: 59-77, 1978.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeOval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)2
Max Broth Breadth (µm)4
Min Broth Length (µm)3
Max Broth Length (µm)5
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)5
Min Agar Length (µm)3
Max Agar Length (µm)20
ArrangementPairs
Colour on AgarWhite
Surface on AgarDull
Texture on AgarUnknown
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothComplete
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothThin
Pellicle AppearanceMilky
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumIll Formed
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormUnknown
BlastosporesAbsent
Blastospore ShapeUnknown
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesPresent
Ascospore ShapeReniform
Ascospore WallSmooth
Ascospores No Per Ascus4
Ascus ShapeOval
ConjugationPresent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeUnknown

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt TolerantUnknown
KillerYes
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 GrowthWeak/Latent
Cyclohex 100+
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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