NCYC 238

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Taxon Synonyms

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Equivalent Strain Designations

Whitbread Yeast ZSC 155.

Depositor

B.M. Brown

Deposit Date

May 1953

Habitat

Ale production yeast.

Details

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Highly attenuative strain.
DepositorB.M. Brown
Deposit NameSaccharomyces cerevisiae
Month of depositMay
Deposit Year1953
HabitatAle production yeast.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsWhitbread Yeast ZSC 155.
ReferenceUnknown

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeOval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)4
Max Broth Breadth (µm)7
Min Broth Length (µm)7
Max Broth Length (µm)11
Min Agar Breadth (µm)3
Max Agar Breadth (µm)7
Min Agar Length (µm)7
Max Agar Length (µm)10
ArrangementPairs
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarUnknown
Deposit in BrothUnknown
Ring in BrothComplete
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceN/A
Pellicle HabitatN/A

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumUnknown
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormUnknown
BlastosporesUnknown
Blastospore ShapeUnknown
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesPresent
Ascospore ShapeRound
Ascospore WallSmooth
Ascospores No Per Ascus2
Ascus ShapeOval
ConjugationAbsent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeN/A

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt Tolerant -
KillerNo
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 Growth -
Cyclohex 100 -
Cyclohex 1000 -
Glucose Growth 50Unknown
Glucose Growth 60 -
Lipolytic -
Acid ProductionUnknown
Growth 37Unknown
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis -
Urease ActivityUnknown
Starch Production -
Acid TolerantUnknown

Brewing Information

DescriptionUnknown
DepositUnknown
HeadUnknown
AttenuationUnknown
ClarityUnknown
Fermentation RateUnknown
FlocculenceUnknown

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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