Novel microorganism

A biologically pure culture of Torulopsis bombicola KSM-36 (FRI Deposition FERM BP-799) having the following mycological properties:

• (a) state of growth on various culture media:
• grows into elliptical to elongated elliptical Yeasts having a size of (0.75 to 3.0).times.(1.5 to 5.5) .mu.m on malt culture medium, malt agar, potato dextrose agar, and corn meal agar, and no formation of euhyphae or pseudohyphae is observed by the multipolar budding type;
• (b) formation of ascospores:
• using malt extract agar, no formation of ascosporres is observed;
• (c) formation of ballistosxpores:
• culturing on malt agar, no formation of ballistospores is observed;
• ______________________________________ (d) various physiological properties:
• (1) growth conditions:
• pH:
• 3 to 8 (optimum pH:
• 5 to 6) temperature:
• 7 to 38.degree. C. (optimum temperature:
• 25 to 34.degree. C.) (2) assimilation of salts (-) of nitric acid:
• (3) decomposition of fat:
• (+) (4) liquefaction of gelatin:
• (-) (6) resistance to sodium chloride:
• 6-8% (w/v) (7) formation of carotenoid pigments:
• (-) (8) formation of organic acids in (+) Caster's culture medium:
• (9) formation of starch-like (-) substances:
• (10) vitamin requirement:
• (+) (e) assimilating capacity and fermenting capacity:
• assimilating fermenting capacity capacity (1) D-glucose (+) (+) (2) trehalose (-) (-) (3) D-galactose (-) (-) (4) lactose (-) (-) (5) sucrose (+) (+) (6) raffinose (-) (+.sup.1/3) (7) D-mannose (-) (-) (8) D-xylose (-) (9) .alpha.-methyl-D-glucoside (-) (10) melibiose (-) (11) D-arabinose (-) (12) esculin (-) (13) ethanol (+) (14) inositol (-) (15) maltose (-) (-) (16) melezitose (-) (17) glycerin (+) (18) cellobiose (-) (19) inulin (-) (20) D-mannitol (+) (21) soluble starch (-) (22) D-sorbitol (+) and, (f) productivity of sophorose:
• high sophorose producing activity. ______________________________________