NCYC 4171

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Taxon Synonyms

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Depositor

Sigurd Johan Saure, Tormodgarden, Sykkylven, Norway

Deposit Date

April 2017

Habitat

Norwegian Traditional Farmhouse Kveik yeast blend. Traditional mixed brewing yeast Sykkylven

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

Details

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Traditional Norwegian Tormodgarden Kveik Brewing yeast culture, composed of at least 10 different yeast strains. Culture reported to have been in use since pre-1900. The original culture was known to have been mixed with another yeast culture in the 1950s.
DepositorSigurd Johan Saure, Tormodgarden, Sykkylven, Norway
Deposit NameSaccharomyces cerevisiae
Month of depositApril
Deposit Year2017
HabitatNorwegian Traditional Farmhouse Kveik yeast blend. Traditional mixed brewing yeast Sykkylven
Equivalent Strain DesignationsUnknown
ReferenceUnknown

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeRound to Oval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)5.5
Max Broth Breadth (µm)10
Min Broth Length (µm)6.5
Max Broth Length (µm)11.5
Min Agar Breadth (µm)5
Max Agar Breadth (µm)8.5
Min Agar Length (µm)6
Max Agar Length (µm)10
ArrangementSingle
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarUnknown
Texture on AgarSlightly Rough
Deposit in BrothUnknown
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceUnknown
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumIll Formed
Pseudomycelium BranchRegularly Branched
Pseudomycelium FormMycocandida
BlastosporesFew
Blastospore ShapeOval
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsUnknown

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesPresent
Ascospore ShapeRound
Ascospore WallSmooth
Ascospores No Per Ascus02-Apr
Ascus ShapeOval
ConjugationAbsent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeUnknown

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt Tolerant<10%
KillerUnknown
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose+
Galactose+
Sucrose+
Maltose+
Cellobiose-
Trehalose-
Lactose-
MelibioseLatent
Raffinose+
MelezitoseLatent
Inulin-
Soluble Starch-
Xylose-
AMD GlucosideLatent

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4+
KNO3-
Ethylamine-
Cadaverine-
Lysine-

Other

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

Brewing Information

DescriptionMixed strain Kveik cuture.
DepositUnknown
HeadUnknown
AttenuationUnknown
ClarityUnknown
Fermentation RateUnknown
FlocculenceUnknown

26S rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

      No data
  

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