NCYC 2545

Candida tenuis

Taxon Synonyms

Candida tenuis

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 58782, CBS 4285, CCRC 21772, NRRL Y-17106.

Depositor

CBS

Deposit Date

July 1994

Habitat

Insect

Details

Candida tenuis

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Degrades xylose (D-xylose). Produces ethyl alcohol (ethanol). Note: Species identity as Candida tenuis was not confirmed by 26S rDNA sequence analysis. Identified by 26S rDNA sequence analysis as Candida shehatae var. insectosa @ 99%.
DepositorCBS
Deposit NameCandida tenuis
Month of depositJuly
Deposit Year1994
HabitatInsect
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 58782, CBS 4285, CCRC 21772, NRRL Y-17106.
ReferenceToivola A , et al. Alcoholic fermentation of D-xylose by yeasts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 47: 1221-1223, 1984. Jurzitza, Arch.Mikrobiol. 33: 305, 1959.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeLong-oval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)3
Max Broth Breadth (µm)5
Min Broth Length (µm)4
Max Broth Length (µm)6
Min Agar Breadth (µm)3
Max Agar Breadth (µm)6
Min Agar Length (µm)4
Max Agar Length (µm)7
ArrangementUnknown
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothThin
Pellicle AppearanceMilky
Pellicle HabitatNot Climbing

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumWell formed
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormMycocandida
BlastosporesFew
Blastospore ShapeOval
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
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 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 Production -
Growth 37 -
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis +
Urease ActivityUnknown
Starch Production -
Acid TolerantUnknown

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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