Table 1 Characteristics of S. cerevisiae isolated from palm wine
Colony features | Microscopy | Gram reaction | Ascospore | Growth at 37 °C on SDA | Germ tube | KNO3 | Glucose | Dextrose | Maltose | Sucrose | Galactose | Raffinose | Trehalose | Lactose | Mannitol | Melibiose | Cellobiose | Xylose | Dulcitol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smooth, moist, white to cream coloured colonies | Spherical, elongated cells with multilateral budding | Positive, ascospore negative | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |