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Lipase synthesis in hydrocarbon fermentation
Author(s) -
Kosaric N.,
Zajic J. E.,
Aboue G.,
Jack T.,
Gerson D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/bit.260210705
Subject(s) - lipase , kerosene , fermentation , hydrocarbon , chemistry , triacylglycerol lipase , enzyme , food science , biochemistry , candida antarctica , mineral oil , organic chemistry , chromatography
A Study was undertaken to establish conditions and relationships for the production of lipases during hydrocarbon fermentation. A culture of Candida lipolytica was isolated by a kerosene enrichment technique from oil‐soaked soil and this microbe was used to study the production of lipase on a kerosene–mineral salts medium. The optimum pH, medium, and temperature for lipase synthesis were established and the properties of the isolated enzyme in terms of its activity and lipid specificity were studied.