NCYC 443

Meyerozyma guilliermondii

Taxon Synonyms

Pichia guilliermondii

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 46036, CCRC 21697, CCRC 22093, DBVPG 6571, IFO 10106, NRRL Y-2075.

Depositor

L.J. Wickerham, NRRL, USA.

Deposit Date

March 1955

Habitat

Insect frass on Ulmus americana (elm tree), Peoria, Illinois, USA.

Details

Meyerozyma guilliermondii

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Glucose+
Galactose+
SorboseUnknown
Sucrose+
Maltose+
Cellobiose+
TrehaloseUnknown
LactoseUnknown
Melibiose+
RaffinoseUnknown
MelezitoseUnknown
InulunUnknown
Soluble StarchUnknown
Xylose+
L Arabinose+
D Arabinose+
RiboseWeak/Latent
RhamnoseUnknown
EthanolUnknown
GlycerolUnknown
Erythritol-
Ribitol+
GalactitolUnknown
Mannitol+
Sorbitol+
AMD GlucosideUnknown
SalicinUnknown
Lactic AcidUnknown
Succinic AcidUnknown
Citric AcidUnknown
Inositol-
GluconolactoneUnknown
GlucosamineUnknown
MethanolUnknown
XylitolUnknown

Strain Information

Information
Produces lipases active at pH 9.0 at 60C (Hou CT , 1994). Ferments arabinose [L-arabinose] (Saha BC , Bothast RJ , 1996). Produces L-arabitol (Saha BC , Bothast RJ , 1996). Produces alpha-galactosidase (Church FC , et al, 1980, Church FC Jr, Meyers SP , 1980). Produces lipase (Hou CT , 1994.) Opposite mating type to NCYC 441.
DepositorL.J. Wickerham, NRRL, USA.
Deposit NameCandida guilliermondii
Month of depositMarch
Deposit Year1955
HabitatInsect frass on Ulmus americana (elm tree), Peoria, Illinois, USA.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 46036, CCRC 21697, CCRC 22093, DBVPG 6571, IFO 10106, NRRL Y-2075.
ReferenceFuson et al., Int.J.Syst.Bacteriol. 30: 217-219, 1980 (DNA) 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. Saha BC , Bothast RJ . Production of L-arabitol for L-arabinose by Candida entomaea and Pichia guilliermondii. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 45: 299-306, 1996. Billon-Grand G . A new ascosporogenous yeast genus: Yamadazyma gen. nov.. Mycotaxon 35: 201-204, 1989. Church FC , et al.. Isolation and characterization of alpha-galactosidase from Pichia guilliermondii. Dev. Ind. Microbiol. 21: 339-348, 1980. Church FC Jr, Meyers SP . Alpha-galactosidase from Pichia guilliermondii. Mycologia 72: 279-287, 1980. Hou CT . pH dependence and thermostability of lipases from cultures from the ARS Culture Collection. J. Ind. Microbiol. 13: 242-248, 1994.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeUnknown
Min Broth Breadth (µm)1
Max Broth Breadth (µm)4
Min Broth Length (µm)3
Max Broth Length (µm)10
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)3
Min Agar Length (µm)2
Max Agar Length (µm)12
ArrangementPairs
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothComplete
Ring ColourWhite
Pellicle in BrothThin
Pellicle AppearanceWrinkled
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumWell Formed
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormUnknown
BlastosporesUnknown
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 AscusN/A
Ascus ShapeN/A
ConjugationAbsent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeUnknown

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt TolerantUnknown
KillerUnknown
PlasmidUnknown

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 2SO4+
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

Genomic Sequence Data

No data