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Lipases A and B from the yeast Candida antarctica

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Biotechnological Applications of Cold-Adapted Organisms

Abstract

The anamorphic basidiomyceteous yeast Candida antarctica was first isolated from sediment from the bottom of the antarctic lake Vanda, perennially covered with 3–5 m of ice.1 The original name given to this yeast was Sporobolomyces antarcticus and since then the organism has been around under a number of different aliases. For instance, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) in Baarn-Delft, The Netherlands, now keeps Goto et al.’s original isolate as the filamentous fungus Pseudozyma antarctica CBS 214.83. However, when isolates belonging to this species in 1988 were identified as lipase producers, the generally accepted name was Candida antarctica. The numerous lipase-related publications always refer to the origin of these enzymes as C. antarctica, so for convenience this name will be used throughout this chapter.

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Nielsen, T.B., Ishii, M., Kirk, O. (1999). Lipases A and B from the yeast Candida antarctica . In: Margesin, R., Schinner, F. (eds) Biotechnological Applications of Cold-Adapted Organisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58607-1_4

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