NCYC 1489

Pichia heedii

Taxon Synonyms

Pichia heedii

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 34936, CBS 6930, CCRC 22206, IFO 10018, JCM 1833, NRRL Y-10967, UCD 76-356, VKPM Y 843.

Depositor

H.J. Phaff

Deposit Date

May 1983

Habitat

Dead Lophocereus schottii (senita cactus), Baja California, Mexico.

Details

Pichia heedii

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Type strain of Pichia heedii.
DepositorH.J. Phaff
Deposit NamePichia heedii
Month of depositMay
Deposit Year1983
HabitatDead Lophocereus schottii (senita cactus), Baja California, Mexico.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 34936, CBS 6930, CCRC 22206, IFO 10018, JCM 1833, NRRL Y-10967, UCD 76-356, VKPM Y 843.
ReferencePhaff HJ , et al. Pichia heedii, a new species of yeast indigenous to necrotic cacti in the North American Sonoran Desert. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 28: 326-331, 1978.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum Temperature37
Miniumum Temperature13
Maximum Temperature37

Cells

ShapeUnknown
Min Broth Breadth (µm)Unknown
Max Broth Breadth (µm)Unknown
Min Broth Length (µm)Unknown
Max Broth Length (µm)Unknown
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)3
Min Agar Length (µm)4
Max Agar Length (µm)8
ArrangementPairs
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothFlocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceUnknown
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumAbsent
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormN/A
BlastosporesUnknown
Blastospore ShapeUnknown
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

AssayNo
Salt TolerantUnknown
KillerUnknown
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

GlucoseWeak/Latent
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+
CadaverineUnknown
LysineUnknown

Other

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

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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