NCYC 2486

Metschnikowia agaves

Taxon Synonyms

Metschnikowia agaves

Equivalent Strain Designations

CBS 7745, ATCC 90147, IFO 10861

Depositor

CBS

Deposit Date

August 1993

Habitat

Rotten leaf of Agave tequilana var. azul (blue agave), Mexico

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

Details

Metschnikowia agaves

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Sexual state: MT -.
DepositorCBS
Deposit NameMetschnikowia agavae
Month of depositAugust
Deposit Year1993
HabitatRotten leaf of Agave tequilana var. azul (blue agave), Mexico
Equivalent Strain DesignationsCBS 7745, ATCC 90147, IFO 10861
ReferenceLachance MA .(1993). Metschnikowia agaveae sp.nov., a heterothallic haploid yeast from blue agave. Can. J. Microbiol. 39: 562-566.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeLong-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)1
Max Agar Breadth (µm)5
Min Agar Length (µm)3
Max Agar Length (µm)15
ArrangementUnknown
Colour on AgarWhite
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceUnknown
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumIll formed
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormUnknown
BlastosporesUnknown
Blastospore ShapeUnknown
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
True MyceliumAbsent
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 -
Melizitose -
Inulin -
Soluble Starch -
XyloseUnknown
AMD Glucoside -

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4 +
KNO3 -
Ethylamine +
Cadaverine +
LysineUnknown

Other

Vitamin Free GrowthWeak/Latent
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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