Petite mutants of sophorolipid-producing Candida yeasts.

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Petite mutants of sophorolipid-producing Candida yeasts.

Journal of basic microbiology - 1 Jan 1994

Hommel R K, Baum A, Kleber H P

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Treatment of both Candida apicola IMET 43747 and Candida bombicola ATCC 22214 with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitroso guanidine resulted in formation of auxotrophic mutants and cytochrome oxidase negative mutants. The deficiency of intact cytochrome oxidase did not affect the ability to produce sophoros...

Topics

Candida
Electron Transport Complex IV
Glucans
Methylnitronitrosoguanidine
Mutation

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