NCYC 2389

Scheffersomyces lignosus

Taxon Synonyms

Candida shehatae var. lignosa

Equivalent Strain Designations

CBS 4705, ATCC 58779, CCRC 21774;IGC 3590;JCM 9837;NRRL Y-12856;NRRL Y-17027

Depositor

CBS via J. Barnett

Deposit Date

March 1992

Habitat

Rotten wood

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Degrades xylose (D-xylose). Produces ethyl alcohol (ethanol).
DepositorCBS via J. Barnett
Deposit NameCandida shehatae var. lignosa
Month of depositMarch
Deposit Year1992
HabitatRotten wood
Equivalent Strain DesignationsCBS 4705, ATCC 58779, CCRC 21774;IGC 3590;JCM 9837;NRRL Y-12856;NRRL Y-17027
ReferenceScheffersomyces lignosus (Kurtzman) Urbina & M. Blackw., PLoS ONE 7 (6): e39128, 9 (2012)

Candida shehatae var. lignosa Kurtzman, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 57: 218 (1990)

Toivola A, et al.. Alcoholic fermentation of D-xylose by yeasts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 47: 1221-1223, 1984. Kurtzman, A.V. Leeuwenhoek. (1990). 57, 215-222.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeElongated
Min Broth Breadth (µm)2
Max Broth Breadth (µm)5
Min Broth Length (µm)2
Max Broth Length (µm)10
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)5
Min Agar Length (µm)2
Max Agar Length (µm)8
ArrangementUnknown
Colour on AgarWhite
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothThin
Pellicle AppearanceMilky
Pellicle HabitatClimbing

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumWell Formed
Pseudomycelium BranchRegularly Branched
Pseudomycelium FormMycocandida
BlastosporesUnknown
Blastospore ShapeUnknown
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesAbsent
Ascospore ShapeRound
Ascospore WallWarty
Ascospores No Per AscusUnknown
Ascus ShapeUnknown
ConjugationAbsent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeUnknown

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt TolerantUnknown
KillerUnknown
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

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

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4+
KNO3-
Ethylamine+
Cadaverine+
LysineUnknown

Other

Vitamin Free Growth+
Cyclohex 100+
Cyclohex 1000+
Glucose Growth 50-
Glucose Growth 60Unknown
LipolyticUnknown
Acid ProductionWeak/Latent
Growth 37-
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis+
Urease Activity-
Starch ProductionUnknown
Acid TolerantUnknown

26S rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

      No data
  

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