PYCC 3964
PYCC 3964
General Information
Taxonomy
1 - Taxon name
Cryptococcus macerans
2 - Classification
Basidiomycota
3 - Strain (species name) changes
None
4 - Status of the strain
Type strain of Cryptococcus laurentii var. magnum f. ater; Type strain of Cryptococcus ater
Other Collections
8 - Accession numbers in other collections
CBS 4685;ATCC 14247;DBVPG 6692;IFO 1862;MUCL 30433;NRRL Y-6661
Strain details
11 - PYCC strain status
Open
12 - Mediterranean strain
Yes
13 - Substrate of isolation
ulcer on leg of 18-year-old youth
14 - Category of substrate
Human
15 - Locality
Cascais
16 - Country of origin
Portugal
19 - Isolated by and date of isolation
A. Castellani, Mar 1959
21 - Deposited by
D. Yarrow, CBS 4685, Dec. 1988
23 - Preservation
Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -150ºC
24 - Price per culture
85€
Growth conditions
26 - Medium for growth
YMA
Molecular data
Phenotype
Fermentation
F1 D-Glucose
-
F2 D-Galactose
-
F3 Maltose
-
F5 Sucrose
-
F6 a,a-Trehalose
-
F7 Melibiose
-
F8 Lactose
-
F9 Cellobiose
-
F10 Melezitose
-
F11 Raffinose
-
F12 Inulin
-
Assimilation-Growth
C1 D-Glucose
+
C2 D-Galactose
W
C3 L-Sorbose
-
C4 D-Glucosamine
+
C5 D-Ribose
-
C6 D-Xylose
D
C7 L-Arabinose
W
C8 D-Arabinose
W
C9 L-Rhamnose
+
C10 Sucrose
+
C11 Maltose
+
C12 a,a-Trehalose
+
C13 Me a-D-Glucoside
+
C14 Cellobiose
+
C15 Salicin
W
C16 Arbutin spliting
+
C17 Melibiose
-
C18 Lactose
+
C19 Raffinose
+
C20 Melezitose
+
C21 Inulin
-
C22 Starch
+
C23 Glycerol
-
C24 Erythritol
-
C25 Ribitol
W
C26 Xylitol
W
C29 D-Mannitol
D
C30 Galactitol
W
C31 myo-Inositol
W
C32 D-Glucono-1,5-lactone
-
C35 D-Gluconate
-
C36 D-Glucuronate
W
C38 DL-Lactate
-
C39 Succinate
W
C40 Citrate
W
C41 Methanol
-
C42 Ethanol
-
C50 L-Malic acid
W
C51 L-Tartaric acid
W
N3 Ethylamine
+
N5 Cadaverine
+
O4 50% D-Glucose
-
M1 Starch formation
+
M3 Urea hydrolysis
+
M4 Diazonium Blue B reaction
+
Bibliography
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