Synthetic hydrocarbons obtained by means of coal processing as a raw material for the microbiological industry. III. Assimilation of individual hydrocarbons from kogasin by selected yeast strains of the genus Candida.
The dynamics of the utilization of hydrocarbons from a synthetic mixture used as sole carbon and energy source in medium during the growth of two strains of yeast, Candida scottii A-31 and Candida rugosa A-7, was studied. The yeasts grew in a mineral medium with 2% of hydrocarbons, on a shaker, for 72 hours. During this time almost complete utilization of n-paraffins in the medium was observed and the biomass increments were 11.2 and 12.64 g of dry wt./l, respectively. The examined strains did not utilize iso-paraffins but were found to metabolize n-paraffins at various rates.
D000473:Alkanes / Q000378:metabolism; D002175:Candida / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D003031:Coal; D003470:Culture Media; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity
D000473:Alkanes; D003031:Coal; D003470:Culture Media; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D006838:Hydrocarbons; C031635:kogasin