Studies on Ergosterol Production by Yeasts

Production of xylitol by yeasts

Xylitol is a naturally occuring sugar alcohol, which is currently produced chemically on a large scale. In recent years the bioconversion of D-xylose from lignocellulosic residues into xylitol, gained an increased attention as an alternative procedure , due to its high efficiency and reduced cost of such technology. The biotechnological method of producing xylitol involves microorganisms that a...

Absorption Spectra Studies on Cholesterol and Ergosterol.*

In the previous paper it was shown that highly purified spinal cord cholesterol is still activatable to antirachitic activity when irradiated in the solid form by a Cooper Hewitt mercury vapor quartz lamp. Although the activatability is decreased by the purification methods employed, nevertheless these purified products can again be rendered at least 25 times more activatable if heated under th...

Biological Studies on Capsulated Yeasts.

The taxonomic nomenclature of Stelling-Dekker (1931) and Lodder (1934) is used throughout the paper. The yeast strains were derived partly from the stock of the Department of Bacteriology and Hygiene of the Hebrew University and partly from the following type culture collections: National Type Culture Collection, London; American Type Culture Collection, Washington; and the Centraalbureau voor ...

Acetic acid production by DekkerajBrettallomyces yeasts

Yeast belonging to the genera Brettanom}'ces and Dekkera are noted for spoiling cellar and bottled wine through the production of haze, turbidity and acetic acid. However, I was unable to find information on the use of these yeasts for the expressed purpose of acetic acid production. Sixty yeast strains belonging to these, and several other genera, from the ARS Culture Collection, Peoria, IL, w...

Studies on the polysaccharides of capsulated yeasts.