NCYC 65

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

Taxon Synonyms

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

Equivalent Strain Designations

NCTC 820; IFO 0891; ATCC 20129

Depositor

A. Harden, Lister Institute.

Deposit Date

January 1921

Habitat

Unknown

Details

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Produces unsaturated steroids (Isono M, 1971).
DepositorA. Harden, Lister Institute.
Deposit NameRhodotorula mucilaginosa var. sanguinea
Month of depositJanuary
Deposit Year1921
HabitatUnknown
Equivalent Strain DesignationsNCTC 820; IFO 0891; ATCC 20129
ReferenceProc. Roy. Soc. Can. 1928, 22, 187. Isono M, et al. Process for producing unsaturated steroids. US Patent 3,616,226 dated Oct 26 197.1 Goswami A, et al.. Microbiological reductions of enantiomeric 2-oxo-1,4-cineoles. Enzyme Microb. Technol. 9: 521-525, 1987.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum Temperature31.5
Miniumum Temperature7.4
Maximum Temperature33.9

Cells

ShapeOval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)3
Max Broth Breadth (µm)4
Min Broth Length (µm)4
Max Broth Length (µm)6
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)4
Min Agar Length (µm)3
Max Agar Length (µm)6
ArrangementSingle
Colour on AgarPink
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarGlutinous
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothIncomplete
Ring ColourPink
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceUnknown
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumAbsent
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormUnknown
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 AscusUnknown
Ascus ShapeUnknown
ConjugationAbsent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeUnknown

Miscellaneous

AssayNo
Salt Tolerant10%
KillerNo
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 100Weak/Latent
Cyclohex 1000Weak/Latent
Glucose Growth 50 -
Glucose Growth 60 -
Lipolytic -
Acid Production -
Growth 37 -
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin HydrolysisWeak/Latent
Urease Activity +
Starch Production -
Acid Tolerant -

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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