PYCC 5130

General Information

Taxonomy

1 - Taxon name

Pichia cactophila

2 - Classification

Ascomycota

3 - Strain (species name) changes

None

4 - Status of the strain

Type strain of Pichia cactophila

Other Collections

8 - Accession numbers in other collections

CBS 6926;ATCC 34932;CCRC 22204;IFO 10017;JCM 1830;NCYC 1492;NRRL Y-10963;UCD 76-243A;UCD 76-243.1

Strain details

11 - PYCC strain status

Open

12 - Mediterranean strain

13 - Substrate of isolation

rotting Lemaireocereus thurberi (organ-pipe cactus)

14 - Category of substrate

Vascular plants, mosses & algae

15 - Locality

Baja California

16 - Country of origin

México

23 - Preservation

Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -150ºC

24 - Price per culture

90€

Growth conditions

26 - Medium for growth

YMA

Phenotype

Fermentation

F1 D-Glucose

W, D

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

C41 Methanol

C42 Ethanol

O4 50% D-Glucose

M1 Starch formation

M3 Urea hydrolysis

M4 Diazonium Blue B reaction