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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2016 Mar 1;2016(3):pdb.top079764. doi: 10.1101/pdb.top079764

Table 1.

Approximate generation times of healthy haploids according to media and nitrogen source, and cell dimensions according to ploidy.

Approximate generation times of healthy haploids
Media Temperature Generation time
YES 20°C ~8 hr
25°C 3 hr
28°C 2 hr 45 min
30°C 2 hr 30 min
32°C 2 hr 10 min
35°C 2 hr
EMM2 20°C ~10 hr
25°C 4 hr 30 min
28°C 3 hr 45 min
30°C 3 hr
32°C 2 hr 30 min
35°C 2 hr 20 min
Nitrogen-dependent generation times of healthy haploids
Nitrogen source Temperature Generation time
EMM2 (ammonium) 28°C 3 hr 45 min
EMMG 28°C 3 hr 30 min
(glutamic acid)
EMMP (proline) 28°C 4 hr 30 min
MSL (arginine) 28°C 3 hr 30 min
YES (complex) 28°C 2 hr 45 min
Cell dimensions
Ploidy Cell length Cell width (constant)
Haploid 12–14 μm ~3.5 μm
Diploid 20–24 μm ~4.5–5 μm