Fermentation of n-Paraffins by Yeast |
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Authors: | Ryuichiro Tsugawa Takashi Nakase Tadao Kobayashi Koich Yamashita Shinji Okumura |
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Institution: | Central Research Laboratory of Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki, Japan |
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Abstract: | α-Ketoglutarate productivity from n-paraffins of 141 strains of identified yeasts was studied. Among the strains tested, only strains of Candida lipolytica exclusively showed a high ability to produce α-ketoglutarale.It was also observed that these strains of Candida lipolytica required thiamine for their growth and that exegenous thiamine stimulated the activity of α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase of Candida lipolytica AJ 5004.From these results, relationship between thiamine requirement and α-ketoglutarate productivity of Candida lipolytica was discussed.α-Ketoglutarate fermentation by representative strains of Candida lipolytica was also carried out. |
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