NCYC 809

Wickerhamomyces canadensis

Taxon Synonyms

Pichia canadensis

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 14355, CBS 2432, CCRC 20537, IFO 0977, NRRL Y-2340-5

Depositor

D.H. Williamson

Deposit Date

October 1974

Habitat

Unknown

Details

Wickerhamomyces canadensis

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Haploid used for petite mutant studies. Assay of camptothecin (Hunt DE , 1968). Produces lipases active at pH 5.5 and 7.5 (Hou CT, 1994).
DepositorD.H. Williamson
Deposit NameHansenula wingei
Month of depositOctober
Deposit Year1974
HabitatUnknown
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 14355, CBS 2432, CCRC 20537, IFO 0977, NRRL Y-2340-5
ReferenceM. Crandall, J. Gen. Microbiol., 1973, 75, 363-375. Crandall MA , Brock TD . Molecular basis of mating in the yeast hansenula wingei. Bacteriol. Rev. 32: 139-163, 1968. Wickerham LJ . Sexual agglutinatin of heterothallic yeasts in diverse taxonomic areas. Science 128: 1504-1505, 1958. Hunt DE . Amino acids as protective compounds in ultraviolet-irradiated Hansenula wingei. J. Bacteriol. 88: 893-895, 1964. Taylor NW . Inactivation of sexual agglutination in Hansenula wingei and Saccharomyces kluyveri by disulfide-cleaving agents . J. Bacteriol. 88: 929-936, 1964. Conti SF , Brock TD . Electron microscopy of cell fusion in conjugating Hansenula wingei. J. Bacteriol. 90: 524-533, 1965. Wickerham LJ . Influence of agglutination on zygote formation in Hansenula wingei, a new species of yeast. C.R. Trav. Lab. Carlsberg 26: 423-443, 1956. Hunt DE , Pittillo RF . A microbiological assay for estimating concentrations of camptothecin lactone in mouse tissues. Appl. Microbiol. 16: 867-870, 1968.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeRound-oval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)2
Max Broth Breadth (µm)4
Min Broth Length (µm)3
Max Broth Length (µm)7
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)4
Min Agar Length (µm)2
Max Agar Length (µm)9
ArrangementPairs
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarDull
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothUnknown
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothThin
Pellicle AppearanceMilky
Pellicle HabitatClimbing

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumWell formed
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormUnknown
BlastosporesAbsent
Blastospore ShapeN/A
Blastospore LocationN/A
Blastospore HabitatN/A
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesAbsent
Ascospore ShapeN/A
Ascospore WallN/A
Ascospores No Per AscusN/A
Ascus ShapeN/A
ConjugationAbsent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeN/A

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt TolerantUnknown
KillerUnknown
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 2SO4 +
KNO3 +
Ethylamine +
CadaverineUnknown
LysineUnknown

Other

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

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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