Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Regulation of sophorose lipid production by Candida (Torulopsis) apicola

  • Published:
Biotechnology Letters Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Summary

When growing on glucose, fructose or sucrose, Candida apicola produces large amounts of sophorose lipid during the stationary growth phase. In contrast, no sophorose lipid formation is observed with galactose or maltose independently whether hydrocarbons are present or not. The biosynthesis of the biosurfactant is therefore not simply a prerequisite for the degradation of extracellular hydrocarbon.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Asmer, H.J., Lang, S., Wagner, F. and Wray, V. (1988). J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 65, 1460–1466.

    Google Scholar 

  • Giusti, G. (1970). Adenosin Desaminase, Methoden der enzymatischen Analyse, Vol. 2, pp. 1048–1056, Akademie Verlag Berlin.

    Google Scholar 

  • Göbbert, U., Lang, S. and Wagner, F. (1984). Biotechnol. Letters 6, 225–230.

    Google Scholar 

  • Entian, K.-D. and Barnett, J.A. (1992): Trends Biochem. Sci. 17, 506–510.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hommel, R.K. (1990). Biodegradation 1, 107–119.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hommel, R.K., Lassner, D., Weiss, A. and Kleber, H.-P. (submitted to Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol.).

  • Hommel, R.K. and Ratledge, C. (1993). Biosynthetic mechanisms to low molecular weight surfactants and their precursor molecules, Biosurfactants: Production-Properties-Applications, pp. 3–63, Marcel Dekker, New York.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hommel, R., Stegner, S., Ziebolz, C., Weber, L. and Kleber, H.-P. (1990). Microbios Letters 45, 41–47.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hommel, R., Stüwer, O., Stuber, W., Haferburg, D. and Kleber, H.-P. (1987). Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 26, 199–205.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kleber, H.-P., Asperger, O., Stüwer, O., Stüwer, B. and Hommel, R. (1989). Occurrence and regulation of cytochrome P-450 in Torulopsis apicola. Cytochrome P-450: Biochemistry and Biophysics, pp. 169–172. Taylor & Francis, London, New York, Philadelphia.

    Google Scholar 

  • Klekner, V., Kosaric, N. and Zhou, Q.H. (1991). Biotechnol. Letters 13, 345–348.

    Google Scholar 

  • Linton, J.D. (1991). Antonie van Leewenhoek 60, 293–311.

    Google Scholar 

  • Stüwer, O., Hommel, R., Haferburg, D. and Kleber, H.-P. (1987). J. Biotechnol. 6, 259–269.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rose, M., Albig, W. and Entian, K.-D. (1991). Eur. J. Biochem. 199, 511–518.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tulloch, A.P. (1976). Structures of extracellular glycolipids produced by yeasts. Glycolipid Methodology, pp. 329–344, AOCS.

  • Weber, L., Döge, C. , Haufe, G., Hommel, R. and Kleber, H.-P. (1991). Biocatalysis 5, 267–272.

    Google Scholar 

  • Weber, L. , Strach, J., Haufe, G., Hommel, R. and Kleber, H.-P. (1990). Carbohydrate Res., 13-19.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Bio/Chem/Consult, Fontanestr. 21, D-07039, Leipzig, Germany

    R.K. Hommel

  2. FBBiowissenschaften, Genetik, Talstr. 33, D-07010, Leipzig, Germany

    K. Huse

Authors
  1. R.K. Hommel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. K. Huse
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Hommel, R., Huse, K. Regulation of sophorose lipid production by Candida (Torulopsis) apicola . Biotechnol Lett 15, 853–858 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00180154

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00180154

Keywords

Search

Navigation