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Cells of 3 yeast species capable of assimilating methanol have been examined by electron microscopy. When grown on methanol as the sole source of carbon and energy they contained many microbodies. Cells grown on glucose or ethanol either did not contain such bodies at all, or only to a limited extent.
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Van Dijken, J.P., Veenhuis, M., Kreger-Van Rij, N.J.W. et al. Microbodies in methanol-assimilating yeasts. Arch. Microbiol. 102, 41–44 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00428343
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00428343