title: Production of alpha-amylase by yeasts and yeast-like organisms.
abstract: Of a total of 177 strains of yeasts and yeast-like organisms only 8 were capable of producing alpha-amylase; most strains were able to utilize 1,4-alpha-glucans by means of enzymes acting on the non-reducing ends of the outer glucan chains.
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000688:Amylose / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D005658:Fungi / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005936:Glucans / Q000378:metabolism; D008320:Maltose / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D013213:Starch / Q000378:metabolism; D015003:Yeasts / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D005936:Glucans; D008320:Maltose; D013213:Starch; D000688:Amylose; D000681:Amylases; D000516:alpha-Amylases