NCYC 1405

Naganishia vishniacii

Taxon Synonyms

Cryptococcus vishniacii var. vishniacii

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 36649, CBS 7110, JCM 10482, MYSW 304Y268, NRRL Y-17208.

Depositor

Dr. H. Vishniac

Deposit Date

January 1982

Habitat

Soil, Mount Baldr, Antarctica.

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Type strain of Cryptococcus vishniacii. Psychrophilic - grows very poorly at 25C.
DepositorDr. H. Vishniac
Deposit NameCryptococcus vishniacii
Month of depositJanuary
Deposit Year1982
HabitatSoil, Mount Baldr, Antarctica.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 36649, CBS 7110, JCM 10482, MYSW 304Y268, NRRL Y-17208.
ReferenceNaganishia vishniacii (Vishniac & Hempfling) Xin Zhan Liu, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout, Stud. Mycol. 81: 119 (2015)

Vishniac HS , Hempfling WP . Cryptococcus vishniacii sp. nov., an Antarctic yeast. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 29: 153-158, 1979. Vishniac HS , Baharaeen S . Five new basidioblastomycetous yeast species segregated from Cryptococcus vishniacii emend. auct., an Antarctic yeast species comprising four new varieties. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 32: 437-445, 1982. J. Gen. Microbiol. 112: 301-314, 1979. Fell JW , et al. Biodiversity and systematics of basidiomycetous yeasts as determined by large-subunit rDNA D1/D2 domain sequence analysis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50: 1351-1371, 2000.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum Temperature17
Miniumum Temperature4
Maximum Temperature17

Cells

ShapeUnknown
Min Broth Breadth (µm)3
Max Broth Breadth (µm)5
Min Broth Length (µm)5
Max Broth Length (µm)13
Min Agar Breadth (µm)4
Max Agar Breadth (µm)7
Min Agar Length (µm)5
Max Agar Length (µm)8
ArrangementPairs
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
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
KillerUnknown
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose-
Galactose-
Sucrose-
Maltose-
Cellobiose-
Trehalose-
Lactose-
Melibiose-
Raffinose-
Melezitose-
Inulin-
Soluble Starch-
XyloseUnknown
AMD Glucoside-

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4+
KNO3+
Ethylamine-
CadaverineUnknown
LysineUnknown

Other

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

rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

      No data
  

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