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There is currently a large surplus of low-value plant oils on the world market and any process for converting them to high value products is of great commercial interest. Certain yeasts (e.g. Candida sp.) possess ω- and β-oxidation pathways to metabolise fatty acids such as those derived from plant oils [1], and mutant strains have been generated that are capable of accumulating industrially useful compounds[2).
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West, M.A. et al. (1995). Fatty Acid Oxidation Enzymes of the Yeast Candida Cloacae . In: Kader, JC., Mazliak, P. (eds) Plant Lipid Metabolism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8394-7_74
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