NCYC 1541

Scheffersomyces stipitis

Taxon Synonyms

Pichia stipitis

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 58376, CBS 5773, CCRC 21775, DBVPG 6264, LY 1321, NRRL Y-7124.

Depositor

CBS

Deposit Date

Unknown 1984

Habitat

Insect larva, on fruit tree, Lyon, Rhône, France.

Details

Scheffersomyces stipitis

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Production of ethanol from xylose. Convertion xylan into ethanol (Lee,H. et al. 1986)
DepositorCBS
Deposit NamePichia stipitis
Month of depositUnknown
Deposit Year1984
HabitatInsect larva, on fruit tree, Lyon, Rhône, France.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 58376, CBS 5773, CCRC 21775, DBVPG 6264, LY 1321, NRRL Y-7124.
ReferencePignal, Bull.Mens.Soc.Linn.Lyon 36: 163-168, 1967. Vaughan Martini, Ann.Fac.Agric.Univ.Perugia 38: 331-335, 1984. Billon-Grand, Mycotaxon 35: 201-204, 1989 (CoQ). Kurtzman, A.v.Leeuwenhoek 57: 215-222, 1990 (DNA). Rizzi et al., Appl.Microbiol.Biotechnol. 29: 148-154, 1988. Björling,T.,Lindman,B. Evaluation of xylose-fermenting yeasts for ethanol production from spent sulfite liquor.Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 11: 240-246, 1989 (Xylose). Dellweg,H et al. Xylose fermentation by yeasts 3. Comparison of Pachysolen tannophilus and Pichia stipitis.Biotechnology Letters. 6:395-400, 1984 (Xylose). Lee,H. et al. Utilization of xylan by yeasts and its conversion to ethanol by Pichia stipitis strain.Applied and Environmental Microbiology.52:320-324, 1986 (Xylan).

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeOval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)2
Max Broth Breadth (µm)4
Min Broth Length (µm)2
Max Broth Length (µm)5
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)5
Min Agar Length (µm)3
Max Agar Length (µm)5
ArrangementSingle
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarSlightly shiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothIncomplete
Ring ColourWhite
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceUnknown
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumWell formed
Pseudomycelium BranchIrregularly branched
Pseudomycelium FormUnknown
BlastosporesFew
Blastospore ShapeOval
Blastospore LocationDispersed
Blastospore HabitatSingle
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 Tolerant -
KillerNo
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

GlucoseWeak/Latent
GalactoseWeak/Latent
Sucrose -
Maltose -
Cellobiose -
TrehaloseWeak/Latent
Lactose -
Melibiose -
Raffinose -
MelizitoseWeak/Latent
Inulin -
Soluble StarchWeak/Latent
XyloseUnknown
AMD GlucosideWeak/Latent

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 60 -
Lipolytic -
Acid Production -
Growth 37 -
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin HydrolysisWeak/Latent
Urease Activity -
Starch Production -
Acid TolerantUnknown

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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