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The resting cells ofCandida antarctica strain T-34 was found to produce a large amount of mannosylerythritol lipids as biosurfactants when incubated in the medium containing only the carbon source. The resting cells prepared from different water-soluble carbon sources were able to produce the lipids abundantly from water-insoluble carbon sources. Under the optimal conditions in a shake culture, the concentration of the total lipids amounted to about 47 g/l after 6 days, and the yield of the lipids became higher than that obtained by using the growing cells of the strain.
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Kitamoto, D., Fuzishiro, T., Yanagishita, H. et al. Production of mannosylerythritol lipids as biosurfactants by resting cells ofCandida antarctica . Biotechnol Lett 14, 305–310 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01022329
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01022329