Growth and the production of penicillins in Penicillium chrysogenum with palm oil and its various fractions as carbon sources.
The utilisation of palm oil and its fractions by Penicillium chrysogenum for growth and penicillin production is strain-dependent. Strain H1107 could utilise crude palm oil, its liquid (palm olein) and solid (palm stearin) fractions and its component fatty acids (oleic, palmitic, stearic and myristic) as the main carbon source; strain M223 could not. Cell-bound lipase activity was higher in H1107 than in M223.
Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
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D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D007218:Industrial Microbiology / Q000379:methods*; D007700:Kinetics; D008049:Lipase / Q000378:metabolism; D000073878:Palm Oil; D010406:Penicillins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010408:Penicillium chrysogenum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000378:metabolism*
D005227:Fatty Acids; D010406:Penicillins; D010938:Plant Oils; D000073878:Palm Oil; D008049:Lipase