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A strain of Candida tropicalis has been isolated from soil using a mineral medium that contained n-tetradecane as sole source of carbon. This strain has been studied and variants have been isolated. In contrast to the original strain in which hydrocarbon degradation is linked to enzymatic induction mechanisms, the “variant” 101 behaves like a constitutive strain for n-tetradecane.
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Duvnjak, Z., Roche, B. & Azoulay, E. Isolation and study of a strain of Candida tropicalis growing on n-alkanes. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 72, 135–139 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00409519
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00409519