An effective technique for enrichment and isolation of Candida cloacae mutants defective in alkane catabolism.

Abstract excerpt

Techniques are described which allow mutated populations of Candida cloacae to be enriched efficiently (up to 167-fold in one round of enrichment) for mutants deficient in the alkane degradation pathway (Alk-). Such mutants, as well as being of scientific importance in studies of the degradation pathway, are also of commercial interest because several of the degradative intermediates are of value to the chemical...

Topics

• Alkanes
• Amphotericin B
• Antifungal Agents
• Candida
• Mutation
• Nitrogen
• Nystatin
• Palmitic Acids