title: [Influence of the degree of aeration on halotolerance of yeasts of the genera Candida, Rhodotorula, and Malassezia].
abstract: The biochemical mechanisms were studied that determine different reactions of yeasts of different genera to two simultaneously imposed stressors, hypoxia and osmotic shock. For Candida lipolytica, these two stressors were antagonistic, which resulted in stimulation of yeast growth by NaCl (in a wide range of concentrations) under microaerobic conditions. The reaction of Malassezia sp. was different: the degree of halotolerance of this microorganism was lower under microaerobic conditions. An intervening reaction pattern was characteristic of Rhodotorula aurantiaca. These differences were found to be determined, above all, by the induction of a salt-resistant respiratory system (oxidase) in Candida lipolytica, which could not be induced in Malassezia sp. In addition, the synthesis of catalase was enhanced in Candida lipolytica, which provided for neutralization of the active forms of oxygen accumulating as a result of inhibition of other protective enzymes by salt.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7, k. 2, Moscow, 117312 Russia.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Geĭdebrekht
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Arzumanian
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Plakunov
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Beliaev
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D002175:Candida / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D002374:Catalase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003470:Culture Media; D008290:Malassezia / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D012248:Rhodotorula / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D012965:Sodium Chloride
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D002374:Catalase