NCYC 2752

Rhodotorula cresolica

Taxon Synonyms

Rhodotorula cresolica

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 90775, CBS 7998, JCM 10202.

Depositor

CBS

Deposit Date

April 1997

Habitat

Soil contaminated with ortho-cresol, sandy, pH 3.9 from beneath oak tree, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Details

Rhodotorula cresolica

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Industrial application: decontaminating soil polluted with cresols (Middelhoven & Spaaij,1997). Degrades benzene compounds (Middelhoven WJ, et al, 1992; Middelhoven WJ, 1993). Degrades creosol (Middelhoven WJ, et al, 1992; Middelhoven WJ, 1993).
DepositorCBS
Deposit NameUnknown
Month of depositApril
Deposit Year1997
HabitatSoil contaminated with ortho-cresol, sandy, pH 3.9 from beneath oak tree, Wageningen, Netherlands.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 90775, CBS 7998, JCM 10202.
ReferenceNOTE: NCYC Assimilation results show some differences with standard description. Middelhoven & Spaaij, Int.J.System.Bacteriol. 47: 324-327, 1997. Middelhoven WJ, et al. Degradation of benzene compounds by yeasts in acidic soils. Plant Soil 145: 37-43, 1992. Middelhoven WJ. Catabolism of benzene compounds by ascomycetous and basidiomycetous yeasts and yeastlike fungi. A literature review and an experimental approach. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 63: 125-144, 1993.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeOval to Long-Oval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)4
Max Broth Breadth (µm)5
Min Broth Length (µm)5
Max Broth Length (µm)8
Min Agar Breadth (µm)3
Max Agar Breadth (µm)5
Min Agar Length (µm)7
Max Agar Length (µm)11
ArrangementSingle and in pairs
Colour on AgarSalmon Pink
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring Colour N/A
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceN/A
Pellicle HabitatN/A

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumAbsent
Pseudomycelium BranchN/A
Pseudomycelium FormN/A
BlastosporesN/A
Blastospore ShapeN/A
Blastospore LocationN/A
Blastospore HabitatN/A
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

AssayDecomposes cresols and other b
Salt Tolerant<10%
KillerUnknown
PlasmidNo

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 -
Lysine +

Other

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

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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