Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Saccharomycetes >> Order: Saccharomycetales | ||||
BCRC Number: | 21917 21907 21909 21895 22784 | |||
Scientific Name: | Candida versatilis | |||
Author: | Basionym: Brettanomyces versatilis Etchells & T.A. Bell. In Etchells & T.A. Bell, Farlowia 4: 87-112. 1950. Candida versatilis (Etchells & T.A. Bell) S.A. Mey. & Yarrow., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 28: 611-615. 1978. |
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Description: | Growth in glucose-yeast extract-peptone broth: After 3 days at 25°C, the cells are globose, ovoid to ellipsoidal, (2.4-6.4) × (3.2-7.0) µm, single and in pairs, multilateral budding. Growth on glucose-yeast extract-peptone agar: Aerobic growth is cream to slightly brownish, butyrous, smooth, shiny and convex with entire margin. Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar: After 7 days at 25°C, pseudohyphae are not found. Formation of ascospores: Ascospores are not formed. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Miaoli: Facultative anaerobically fermented mustard (Fu-Tsai), Nov 1993, BCRC 22784. Taiwan, Siluo: Black soybean sauce (Inyu) mash, Nov 1987, BCRC 21895, BCRC 21907, BCRC 21909, and BCRC 21917. |
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Habitat: | Fermenting vegetable and soybean sauce mash,sugar, . | |||
Distribution: | USA, Japan and Taiwan. |
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References: | Yarrow, D and Meyer, SA. 1978. |
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Provided: | F. L. Lee |
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Note: | The species is osmotolerant and placed in biological safety level 1. | |||