NCYC 166

Metschnikowia pulcherrima

Taxon Synonyms

Metschnikowia pulcherrima

Equivalent Strain Designations

NCTC 2632

Depositor

F.C. Harrison

Deposit Date

May 1928

Habitat

Unknown

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

Details

Metschnikowia pulcherrima

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Listed in the NCYC as 166R until May 1978.
DepositorF.C. Harrison
Deposit NameTorulopsis pulcherrima
Month of depositMay
Deposit Year1928
HabitatUnknown
Equivalent Strain DesignationsNCTC 2632
ReferenceTrans. Roy. Soc. Can. 1928, 22, 187. B. Rangathan & J.V. Bhat, (1958), J. Ind. Ind. Sci. 40.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeUnknown
Min Broth Breadth (µm)2
Max Broth Breadth (µm)6
Min Broth Length (µm)3
Max Broth Length (µm)7
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)4
Min Agar Length (µm)3
Max Agar Length (µm)11
ArrangementPairs
Colour on AgarBrown
Surface on AgarUnknown
Texture on AgarUnknown
Deposit in BrothUnknown
Ring in BrothComplete
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothThin
Pellicle AppearanceUnknown
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumAbsent
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormN/A
BlastosporesAbsent
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
KillerNo
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose+
GalactoseWeak/Latent
Sucrose-
Maltose-
CellobioseUnknown
TrehaloseUnknown
Lactose-
MelibioseUnknown
RaffinoseUnknown
MelizitoseUnknown
InulinUnknown
Soluble StarchUnknown
XyloseUnknown
AMD GlucosideUnknown

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4Unknown
KNO3-
EthylamineUnknown
CadaverineUnknown
LysineUnknown

Other

Vitamin Free GrowthUnknown
Cyclohex 100Unknown
Cyclohex 1000Unknown
Glucose Growth 50Unknown
Glucose Growth 60Unknown
Lipolytic-
Acid ProductionUnknown
Growth 37Unknown
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis-
Urease ActivityUnknown
Starch Production-
Acid TolerantUnknown

26S rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

      No data
  

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