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The substrate specificity of two yeast strains utilizing hydrocarbons

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StrainsCandida lipolytica 4-1 andCandida lipolytica K were compared in their growth and dawaxing capacities during batch growth on model gas oil. The model gas oil was composed of a mixture of even-numbered puren-alkanes (n-decane ton-dotriacontane) dissolved in dewaxed gas oil. The results show that both strains differ in their substrate specificity and in the sequence of utilization of individualn-alkanes. Strain K, previously used for dewaxing of mineral oil, has its substrate specificity shifted toward the highern-alkanes.

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  1. A. M. Ragab (Unesco Fellow)

    Present address: National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, U.A.R.

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  1. Department of Technical Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 142 20, Prague 4

    P. Pilát, A. Prokop, O. Volfová, J. Panoš & A. M. Ragab (Unesco Fellow)

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Pilát, P., Prokop, A., Volfová, O. et al. The substrate specificity of two yeast strains utilizing hydrocarbons. Folia Microbiol 19, 118–124 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02872844

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