NCYC 2639

Wickerhamomyces sydowiorum

Taxon Synonyms

Pichia sydowiorum

Equivalent Strain Designations

CBS 5995, CCRC 22381, IFO 1705, NRRL Y-7130

Depositor

CBS

Deposit Date

October 1995

Habitat

tunnel of Sinoxylon ruficorne (beetle), in Combretum apiculatum. South Africa, Transvaal

Details

Wickerhamomyces sydowiorum

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Produces lipase (Hou CT, 1994). GenBank U74594 (26S rDNA).
DepositorCBS
Deposit NamePichia sydowiorum
Month of depositOctober
Deposit Year1995
Habitattunnel of Sinoxylon ruficorne (beetle), in Combretum apiculatum. South Africa, Transvaal
Equivalent Strain DesignationsCBS 5995, CCRC 22381, IFO 1705, NRRL Y-7130
ReferenceScott DB, van der Walt JP . Hansenula sydowiorum sp. n.. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 36: 45-48, 1970. 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

ShapeOval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)3
Max Broth Breadth (µm)5
Min Broth Length (µm)4
Max Broth Length (µm)7
Min Agar Breadth (µm)6
Max Agar Breadth (µm)6
Min Agar Length (µm)4
Max Agar Length (µm)7
ArrangementUnknown
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothIncomplete
Ring ColourWhite
Pellicle in BrothThin
Pellicle AppearanceMilky
Pellicle HabitatClimbing

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumWell Formed
Pseudomycelium BranchIrregularly Branched
Pseudomycelium FormMycocandida
BlastosporesMany
Blastospore ShapeOval
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesUnknown
Ascospore ShapeUnknown
Ascospore WallUnknown
Ascospores No Per AscusUnknown
Ascus ShapeUnknown
ConjugationUnknown
TeliosporesUnknown
Teliospore ShapeUnknown

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt TolerantUnknown
KillerUnknown
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 GrowthUnknown
Cyclohex 100-
Cyclohex 1000-
Glucose Growth 50+
Glucose Growth 60Unknown
Lipolytic-
Acid Production-
Growth 37-
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis+
Urease ActivityWeak/Latent
Starch Production-
Acid TolerantUnknown

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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