Open AccessEmerging applications of the methylotrophic yeasts
Author(s) -
Wegner Gene H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb04925.x
Subject(s) - pichia pastoris , alcohol oxidase , heterologous , yeast , fermentation , recombinant dna , pichia , biochemistry , methanol , chemistry , biology , food science , organic chemistry , gene
The use of methylotrophic yeasts for the production of single‐cell‐protein (SCP), alcohol oxidase and fine chemicals has been proposed. Fermentation technology developed for the growth of these yeasts on methanol at high cell densities has been commercialized. However, it is the production of heterologous recombinant proteins by Pichia pastoris that is emerging as the most significant application of the methylotrophic yeasts.