NCYC 2652

Candida boidinii

Taxon Synonyms

Candida boidinii

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 18810, CBS 2428, CCRC 20464, DBVPG 6205, NRRL Y-2332, UCD 57-1

Depositor

CBS

Deposit Date

September 1995

Habitat

Tanning Fluid

Details

Candida boidinii

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Utilizes methanol (Mehta RJ, 1979). Used in Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems (CELSS) for food (Peterson GR, 1988). Produces NAD-linked alcohol dehydrogenase (Hou CT, 1981).
DepositorCBS
Deposit NameCandida boidinii
Month of depositSeptember
Deposit Year1995
HabitatTanning Fluid
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 18810, CBS 2428, CCRC 20464, DBVPG 6205, NRRL Y-2332, UCD 57-1
ReferenceRamírez, Microbiol.Esp. 6: 249-253, 1953. Mehta RJ. Pyridine nucleotide-linked oxidation of methanol in methanol-assimilating yeasts. J. Bacteriol. 124: 1165-1167, 1975. Hou CT, et al. Substrate specificity and stereospecificity of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-linked alcohol dehyrogenases from methanol-grown yeasts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 41: 829-832, 1981. Ramirez C. Note sur deux nouvelles especes de levures isolees de divers milieux. Rev. Mycol. 19: 98-102, 1954. Boidin J, Abadie F . Les levures des liqueurs tannantes vegetales: leur action sur les tanins pyrogalliques. Bull. Soc. Mycol. Fr. 70: 353-383, 1954. Peterson GR. Reproducible analyses of microbial food for advanced life support systems. Enzyme Microb. Technol. 10: 586-592, 1988.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeOval to Long-Oval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)2
Max Broth Breadth (µm)5
Min Broth Length (µm)5
Max Broth Length (µm)10
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)6
Min Agar Length (µm)5
Max Agar Length (µm)10
ArrangementSingle and in chains
Colour on AgarWhite
Surface on AgarSlighty shiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothThick
Pellicle AppearanceUnknown
Pellicle HabitatClimbing

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumWell Formed
Pseudomycelium BranchIrregularly branched
Pseudomycelium FormMycocandida
BlastosporesFew
Blastospore ShapeUnknown
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatIn chains
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesAbsent
Ascospore ShapeUnknown
Ascospore WallUnknown
Ascospores No Per AscusUnknown
Ascus ShapeUnknown
ConjugationAbsent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeUnknown

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt Tolerant10%
KillerUnknown
PlasmidNo

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose +
Galactose -
Sucrose -
Maltose -
Cellobiose -
Trehalose -
Lactose -
Melibiose -
Raffinose -
Melizitose -
Inulin -
Soluble Starch -
Xylose -
AMD Glucoside -

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4 +
KNO3 +
Ethylamine +
Cadaverine +
LysineUnknown

Other

Vitamin Free GrowthUnknown
Cyclohex 100 +
Cyclohex 1000 +
Glucose Growth 50 -
Glucose Growth 60 -
Lipolytic -
Acid Production -
Growth 37 -
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis -
Urease Activity -
Starch Production -
Acid Tolerant -

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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