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The yeast Schizosaccharomyces malidevorans utilizes l-malate when grown on glucose as the carbon source. A mutant of this yeast has been isolated which is dependent on the presence of both l-malate and glucose for growth. The mutant utilizes l-malate as rapidly as the wildtype and the utilization of glucose is greatly reduced. Other TCA cycle intermediates do not relieve the malate dependence.
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To John Ingraham whose pioneering work with malolactic bucteria made me curious enough about the field of nine microbiology to enter it and whose intense instruction in scientific method has made my continued pursuit of physiological and genetic questions a joy
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Rodriguez, S.B., Thornton, R.J. A malic acid dependent mutant of Schizosaccharomyces malidevorans . Arch. Microbiol. 152, 564–566 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425487
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425487