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Candida lipolytica, grown onn-hexadecane as the sole source of carbon and energy, contained 17.1% lipids in the logarithmic phase of growth, and 7.3% lipids in the stationary phase of growth. When the yeast was grown on glucose, it contained 6.2% lipids in the logarithmic phase of growth, and 3.6% lipids in the stationary phase of growth. Fatty acids, that could be extracted by petroleum ether after saponification, constituted the major part of the fatty acids ofC. lipolytica in its logarithmic phase of growth on glucose. They constituted only a minor amount of the fatty acids in the stationary phase of growth on glucose. The reverse was true when the yeast was grown onn-hexadecane. The broth contained more free, petroleum ether-soluble fatty acids when the cellular lipid content was high than when it was low. Overnight starvation ofC. lipolytica grown onn-hexadecane in a carbon-free nutrient medium, removed the residual cell-bound hydrocarbon, increased the cell population by one half and decreased the cellular lipid content (as % of dry yeast) by one third. Various methods for the determination of lipids, described as appropriate for yeasts were compared. The highest yields were obtained by extraction of the freeze-dried paste, at room temperature, with a 1:1 chloroform-methanol mixture.
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Nyns, E.J., Chiang, N. & Wiaux, A.L. Comparative lipid content ofCandida lipolytica grown on glucose and onn-hexadecane. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 34, 197–204 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02046431
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