NCYC 441

Meyerozyma guilliermondii

Taxon Synonyms

Pichia guilliermondii

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 58070, CBS 2031, DBVPG 6572, IFO 10107, NRRL Y-2076

Depositor

L.J. Wickerham, NRRL, USA.

Deposit Date

March 1955

Habitat

Unknown

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

Details

Meyerozyma guilliermondii

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Killer, type K28. Mistakenly cited as the Type strain in The Yeasts 1970, p.49.2 Opposite mating type to NCYC 443.
DepositorL.J. Wickerham, NRRL, USA.
Deposit NameCandida guilliermondii
Month of depositMarch
Deposit Year1955
HabitatUnknown
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 58070, CBS 2031, DBVPG 6572, IFO 10107, NRRL Y-2076
Reference Wickerham LJ . Validation of the species Pichia guilliermondii. J. Bacteriol. 92: 1269, 1966. Wickerham LJ , Burton KA . A clarification of the relationship of Candida guilliermondii to other yeasts by a study of their mating types. J. Bacteriol. 68: 594-597, 1954. Billon-Grand G . A new ascosporogenous yeast genus: Yamadazyma gen. nov. Mycotaxon 35: 201-204, 1989.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeRound-oval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)3
Max Broth Breadth (µm)4
Min Broth Length (µm)6
Max Broth Length (µm)14
Min Agar Breadth (µm)1
Max Agar Breadth (µm)4
Min Agar Length (µm)1
Max Agar Length (µm)11
ArrangementPairs
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarShiny
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
BlastosporesUnknown
Blastospore ShapeOval
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatIn chains
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
KillerYes, type K28
PlasmidNo

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose +
GalactoseWeak/Latent
Sucrose +
Maltose -
CellobioseUnknown
TrehaloseUnknown
Lactose -
Melibiose -
Raffinose +
MelizitoseUnknown
InulinUnknown
Soluble StarchUnknown
XyloseUnknown
AMD GlucosideUnknown

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4Unknown
KNO3 -
EthylamineUnknown
CadaverineUnknown
LysineUnknown

Other

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

26S rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

      No data
  

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