Isolation and properties of catechol-cleaving yeasts from coir rets

Jayasankar, NP and Bhat, JV (1966) Isolation and properties of catechol-cleaving yeasts from coir rets. In: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 32 (1). pp. 125-134.

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Abstract

A suitable method for the selective isolation of catechol-cleaving yeasts from coir rets has been worked out. The yeast strains, all belonging toDebaryomyces hansenii, were found to demand biotin as an essential vitamin. The organism has the ability to grow on catechol, phenol and some related compounds as sole source of carbon. It tolerates 0.4% catechol and 0.26% phenol. Evidence was obtained that the catechol-cleaving enzyme of the isolates is a pyrocatechase. Some properties of the cell-free catechol oxygenase are described.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Springer.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Microbiology & Cell Biology
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2010 05:57
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2018 14:49
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/27853

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