NCYC 381

Zygosaccharomyces rouxii

Taxon Synonyms

Zygosaccharomyces rouxii

Equivalent Strain Designations

CBS 7804

Depositor

Miss P. Scarr, Tate & Lyle's Ltd.

Deposit Date

September 1953

Habitat

Raw cane sugar

Details

Zygosaccharomyces rouxii

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
Used in Preservative testing : Antimicrobial Effectiveness Test
DepositorMiss P. Scarr, Tate & Lyle's Ltd.
Deposit NameSaccharomyces rouxii
Month of depositSeptember
Deposit Year1953
HabitatRaw cane sugar
Equivalent Strain DesignationsCBS 7804
ReferenceCorry, J. Appl. Bacteriol. , 1976, 40, 269 & 277.(heat resistance) James et al., Int.J.Syst.Bacteriol. 46: 189-194, 1996 (ITS1 & 2)

Physical Characteristics

Optimum Temperature30
Miniumum Temperature16
Maximum Temperature32

Cells

ShapeRound-oval
Min Broth Breadth (µm)4
Max Broth Breadth (µm)5
Min Broth Length (µm)5
Max Broth Length (µm)6
Min Agar Breadth (µm)4
Max Agar Breadth (µm)5
Min Agar Length (µm)5
Max Agar Length (µm)6
ArrangementChains
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarWrinkled
Deposit in BrothFlocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceN/A
Pellicle HabitatN/A

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumFairly Well Formed
Pseudomycelium BranchIrregularly branched
Pseudomycelium FormMycocandida
BlastosporesAbsent
Blastospore ShapeN/A
Blastospore LocationN/A
Blastospore HabitatN/A
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesPresent
Ascospore ShapeRound
Ascospore WallSmooth
Ascospores No Per AscusUnknown
Ascus ShapeUnknown
ConjugationPresent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeN/A

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt TolerantUnknown
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 +
Lysine +

Other

Vitamin Free GrowthWeak/Latent
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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