NCYC 179

Kluyveromyces marxianus

Taxon Synonyms

Kluyveromyces marxianus

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 36142

Depositor

Mr. P. Clarke, Kraft Cheese Co. Ltd.

Deposit Date

March 1939

Habitat

Cheese
Kluyveromyces marxianus

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

Details

Kluyveromyces marxianus

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Pseudomycelium studies (Can. J. Microbiol., 1974, 20, 265-267); Production of ethanol (Marwaha & Kennedy 1984).
DepositorMr. P. Clarke, Kraft Cheese Co. Ltd.
Deposit NameSaccharomyces fragilis
Month of depositMarch
Deposit Year1939
HabitatCheese
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 36142
ReferenceSteele SD , Miller JJ . Pseudomycelium development and sporulation in Saccharomyces fragilis. Can. J. Microbiol. 20: 265-267, 1974. Marwaha SS , Kennedy JF . Alcohol production from whey permeate by immobilized and free cells of Kluyveromyces marxianus NCYC 179. Process Biochem. 19: 79-80, 1984.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum Temperature41
Miniumum Temperature10
Maximum Temperature44

Cells

ShapeLong-oval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)2
Max Broth Breadth (µm)5
Min Broth Length (µm)4
Max Broth Length (µm)11
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)5
Min Agar Length (µm)4
Max Agar Length (µm)20
ArrangementSingle and in pairs
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceN/A
Pellicle HabitatN/A

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumWell formed
Pseudomycelium BranchIrregularly branched
Pseudomycelium FormMycocandida
BlastosporesAbsent
Blastospore ShapeN/A
Blastospore LocationN/A
Blastospore HabitatN/A
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesPresent
Ascospore ShapeReniform
Ascospore WallSmooth
Ascospores No Per Ascus4
Ascus ShapeUnknown
ConjugationAbsent
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 50Unknown
Glucose Growth 60Unknown
Lipolytic -
Acid Production -
Growth 37 +
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis -
Urease Activity -
Starch Production -
Acid TolerantUnknown

26S rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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