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Candida kefyr (Beijerinck) van Uden et Buckley (ATCC® 4135™)

Alternate State: Kluyveromyces marxianus (EC Hansen) van der Walt  /  Strain Designations: CBS 607 [ATCC 6264, ATCC 6265, ATCC 7348, CBS 1620, DBVPG 6161, JCM 3760, NCYC 6]  /  Product Format: freeze-dried

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Deposited As Candida kefyr (Beijerinck) van Uden et Buckley
Strain Designations CBS 607 [ATCC 6264, ATCC 6265, ATCC 7348, CBS 1620, DBVPG 6161, JCM 3760, NCYC 6]
Alternate State Kluyveromyces marxianus (EC Hansen) van der Walt
Application
Bacterial resistance testing
Fungus resistance testing adhesives
Control strain for typing systems
Biosafety Level 1

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Product Format freeze-dried
Storage Conditions Frozen: -80°C or colder
Freeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°C
Live Culture: See Propagation Section
Type Strain yes (type strain of Endomyces pseudotropicalis)
Preceptrol® no
Comments
Esterase activity
Morphology On YM medium at 25°C after 6 days, colonies creamy white to dingy white, smooth to faintly wrinkled, raised, margin filamentous. Cells hyaline, smooth, ovoid to ellipsoidal, guttulate, 6-9 X 4.5 µm. Pseudohyphae abundant.
Medium ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
ATCC® Medium 28: Emmons' modification of Sabouraud's agar
ATCC® Medium 1245: YEPD
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 24°C to 26°C
Atmosphere: Typical aerobic
Sequenced Data
18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence

GGTTTCCGTAGGTGAACCTGCGGAAGGATCATTAAAGATTATGAATGAATAGATTACTGGGGGAATCGTCTGAACAAGGCCTGCGCTTAATTGCGCGGCCAGTTCTTGATTCTCTGCTATCAGTTTTCTATTTCTCATCCTAAACACAATGGAGTTTTTTCTCTATGAACTACTTCCCTGGAGAGCTCGTCTCTCCAGTGGACATAAACACAAACAATATTTTGTATTATGAAAAACTATTATACTATAAAATTTAATATTCAAAACTTTCAACAACGGATCTCTTGGTTCTCGCATCGATGAAGAACGCAGCGAATTGCGATATGTATTGTGAATTGCAGATTTTCGTGAATCATCAAATCTTTGAACGCACATTGCGCCCTCTGGTATTCCAGGGGGCATGCCTGTTTGAGCGTCATTTCTCTCTCAAACCTTTGGGTTTGGTAGTGAGTGATACTCGTCTCGGGTTAACTTGAAAGTGGCTAGCCGTTGCCATCTGCGTGAGCAGGGCTGCGTGTCAAGTCTATGGACTCGACTCTTGCACATCTACGTCTTAGGTTTGCGCCAATTCGTGGTAAGCTTGGGTCATAGAGACTCATAGGTGTTATAAAGACTCGCTGGTGTTTGTCTCCTTGAGGCATACGGCTTTAACCAAAACTCTCAAAGTTTGACCTCAAATCAGGTAGGAGTAC
Morphology On YM medium at 25°C after 6 days, colonies creamy white to dingy white, smooth to faintly wrinkled, raised, margin filamentous. Cells hyaline, smooth, ovoid to ellipsoidal, guttulate, 6-9 X 4.5 µm. Pseudohyphae abundant.
Name of Depositor CBS
Isolation
Clinical bronchomycosis, Sri Lanka
Cross References

Nucleotide (GenBank) : M60303 C.kefyr small subunit ribosomal RNA.

References

Rudek W. Esterase activity in Candida species. J Clin Microbiol 8: 756-759, 1978. PubMed: 370150

Castellani A. Observations on fungi of the genus Endomyces affecting man in the tropics. Centralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. I Abt. 58: 236-238, 1911.

Vazquez JA, et al. Comparison of restriction enzyme analysis versus pulsed-field gradient gel electrophoresis as a typing system for Torulopsis glabrata and Candida species other than C. albicans. J Clin Microbiol 31: 2021-2030, 1993. PubMed: 8396585

ASTM International Standard Test Methods for Resistance of Adhesive Preparations in Container to Attack by Bacteria, Yeast, and Fungi. West Conshohocken, PA:ASTM International;ASTM Standard Test Method D 4783-01e1.

Thanos M, et al. Rapid identification of Candida species by DNA fingerprinting with PCR. J Clin Microbiol 34: 615-621, 1996. PubMed: 8904425

Kato M, et al. Phylogenetic relationship and mode of evolution of yeast DNA topoisomerase II gene in the pathogenic Candida species. Gene 272: 275-281, 2001. PubMed: 11470534

type strain of Endomyces pseudotropicalis

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