NCYC 2549

Sugiyamaella smithiae

Taxon Synonyms

Candida edax

Equivalent Strain Designations

CBS 5657, ATCC 18414, CCRC 22610, IFO 10273, IGC 4183, JCM 9470, NRRL Y-17083

Depositor

CBS

Deposit Date

March 1994

Habitat

Subcortical insect tunnels in Sclerocarya caffra, South Africa

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Utilizes D-xylose, xylitol and D-xylonate (van der Walt JP, Steyn RL, 1990). Type strain of Candida edax Van der Walt & E.E. Nel. Decomposition capacity: Fat splitting -. Alternate State: Stephanoascus smithiae Gimenez-Jurado, teleomorph .
DepositorCBS
Deposit NameCandida edax
Month of depositMarch
Deposit Year1994
HabitatSubcortical insect tunnels in Sclerocarya caffra, South Africa
Equivalent Strain DesignationsCBS 5657, ATCC 18414, CCRC 22610, IFO 10273, IGC 4183, JCM 9470, NRRL Y-17083
ReferenceJong SC, King DS. Identity of Sterigmatomyces aphidis and Trichosporon oryzae. Mycotaxon 6: 11-16, 1977. Van der Walt JP, Steyn RL. Note on D-xylonate utilization by ascomycetous and basidiomycetous yeasts. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 13: 192-193, 1990. Van der Walt JP, Nel EE. Candida edax sp. n.. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 34: 106-108, 1968. Giménez-Jurado et al., System.Appl.Microbiol. 17: 237-246,1994.

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 BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothIncomplete
Ring ColourWhite
Pellicle in BrothThin
Pellicle AppearanceMilky
Pellicle HabitatClimbing

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumAbsent
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormUnknown
BlastosporesMany
Blastospore ShapeOval
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
True MyceliumPresent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesUnknown
Ascospore ShapeUnknown
Ascospore WallUnknown
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-
Melezitose-
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
Lipolytic-
Acid Production-
Growth 37-
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis+
Urease Activity-
Starch Production-
Acid TolerantUnknown

26S rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

      No data
  

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