NCYC 546

Kluyveromyces wickerhamii

Taxon Synonyms

Kluyveromyces wickerhamii

Equivalent Strain Designations

Phaff strain F-394A - Believed to be the same srtain as: ATCC 24178, CBS 2745, DBVPG 6077, IFO 1675, NRRL Y-8286, UCD 54-210.

Depositor

Dr. H. J. Phaff

Deposit Date

November 1958

Habitat

Drosophila sp. (fruit fly), California, USA.

Details

Kluyveromyces wickerhamii

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Type strain of Saccharomyces wickerhamii. Produces pectin-releasing enzyme PPase-W (Yoshitake S, 1994).
DepositorDr. H. J. Phaff
Deposit NameSaccharomyces wickerhamii
Month of depositNovember
Deposit Year1958
HabitatDrosophila sp. (fruit fly), California, USA.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsPhaff strain F-394A - Believed to be the same srtain as: ATCC 24178, CBS 2745, DBVPG 6077, IFO 1675, NRRL Y-8286, UCD 54-210.
ReferenceYoshitake S et al. Purification and characterization of a pectin-releasing enzyme produced by Kluyveromyces wickerhamii. J. Ferment. Bioeng. 77: 370-375, 1994. Phaff HJ et al. The taxonomy of yeasts isolated from Drosophila in the Yosemite region of California. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 22: 145-161, 1956.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeUnknown
Min Broth Breadth (µm)2
Max Broth Breadth (µm)4
Min Broth Length (µm)4
Max Broth Length (µm)6
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)5
Min Agar Length (µm)3
Max Agar Length (µm)8
ArrangementPairs
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothFlocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothThin
Pellicle AppearanceMilky
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

AscosporesPresent
Ascospore ShapeReniform
Ascospore WallUnknown
Ascospores No Per Ascus4
Ascus ShapeUnknown
ConjugationPresent
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 GrowthWeak/Latent
Cyclohex 100+
Cyclohex 1000Unknown
Glucose Growth 50Unknown
Glucose Growth 60-
Lipolytic-
Acid ProductionUnknown
Growth 37Unknown
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin HydrolysisWeak/Latent
Urease ActivityUnknown
Starch Production-
Acid TolerantUnknown

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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