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Adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells to high ethanol concentration and changes in fatty acid composition of membrane and cell size.
PloS one - 9 Jul 2008
Dinh Thai Nho, Nagahisa Keisuke, Hirasawa Takashi, Furusawa Chikara, Shimizu Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Microorganisms can adapt to perturbations of the surrounding environment to grow. To analyze the adaptation process of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to a high ethanol concentration, repetitive cultivation was performed with a stepwise increase in the ethanol concentration in the culture medium. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: First, a laboratory strain of S. cerevisiae was cultivated in medium...
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