NCYC 1585

Rhodosporidium toruloides

Taxon Synonyms

Rhodosporidium toruloides

Equivalent Strain Designations

7236 ex NCYC 1580

Depositor

M. Tully, PHLS, CAMR.

Deposit Date

April 1986

Habitat

Genetically defined strain.

Details

Rhodosporidium toruloides

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Requires leucine.
DepositorM. Tully, PHLS, CAMR.
Deposit NameRhodosporidium toruloides
Month of depositApril
Deposit Year1986
HabitatGenetically defined strain.
Equivalent Strain Designations7236 ex NCYC 1580
ReferenceTully, M. 1985. Enrichment of mutants of Rhodosporidium toruloides by the use of inositol starvation. Journal of Basic Microbiology 25, 683-686. Tully and Gilbert. Gene, 36, 235-240.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeLong-oval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)4
Max Broth Breadth (µm)6
Min Broth Length (µm)5
Max Broth Length (µm)9
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)4
Min Agar Length (µm)3
Max Agar Length (µm)10
ArrangementUnknown
Colour on AgarPink
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring Colour N/A
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceN/A
Pellicle HabitatN/A

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumWell formed
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormUnknown
BlastosporesUnknown
Blastospore ShapeUnknown
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
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

AssayNo
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
Lipolytic -
Acid ProductionWeak/Latent
Growth 37 -
Growth 40 -
Arbutin Hydrolysis +
Urease ActivityWeak/Latent
Starch Production -
Acid TolerantUnknown

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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