NCYC 907

Schwanniomyces polymorphus var. polymorphus

Taxon Synonyms

Schwanniomyces polymorphus; Debaryomyces polymorphus

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 24172, CBS 4349, CCRC 21413, IAM 12208, IFO 1363, JCM 1628, NRRL Y-7958, UCD 60-25

Depositor

Dr. J.A. Barnett

Deposit Date

July 1983

Habitat

Soil of forest, Finland.

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Produces ethanol from D-xylose. Type strain of Debaryomyces cantarellii.
DepositorDr. J.A. Barnett
Deposit NameDebaryomyces polymorphus
Month of depositJuly
Deposit Year1983
HabitatSoil of forest, Finland.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 24172, CBS 4349, CCRC 21413, IAM 12208, IFO 1363, JCM 1628, NRRL Y-7958, UCD 60-25
ReferenceSchwanniomyces polymorphus var. polymorphus (2010)

Calleja GB , et al. Rapid process for the conversion of xylose to ethanol. Canadian Patent 1,266,245 Capriotti A . Debaryomyces cantarellii nova species, a new yeast isolated from a Finnish soil. Arch. Mikrobiol. 39: 123-129, 1961. Price CW , Phaff HJ . Debaryomyces polymorphus and D. pseudopolymorphus, new taxonomic combinations. Mycologia 71: 444-445, 1979. Yamada et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 22: 325-337, 1976 (CoQ). Price et al., Microbiol.Rev. 42: 161-193, 1978 (DNA).

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeUnknown
Min Broth Breadth (µm)Unknown
Max Broth Breadth (µm)Unknown
Min Broth Length (µm)Unknown
Max Broth Length (µm)Unknown
Min Agar Breadth (µm)Unknown
Max Agar Breadth (µm)Unknown
Min Agar Length (µm)Unknown
Max Agar Length (µm)Unknown
ArrangementUnknown
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarSlightly Shiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothFlocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothThick
Pellicle AppearanceMilky
Pellicle HabitatClimbing

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumAbsent
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormN/A
BlastosporesUnknown
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

AssayNo
Salt TolerantUnknown
KillerUnknown
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose+
GalactoseWeak/Latent
Sucrose+
Maltose+
Cellobiose-
Trehalose-
Lactose-
Melibiose-
Raffinose-
MelezitoseWeak/Latent
InulinWeak/Latent
Soluble Starch-
Xylose-
AMD Glucoside-

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4+
KNO3-
Ethylamine+
CadaverineUnknown
LysineUnknown

Other

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

rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

      No data
  

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