The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology · 1974 · 22 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesMicrobiologyMicrobial EcologyMicrobial MetabolismMycologyFungal MetabolismIndustrial FermentationMicrobial FermentationMicrobial GrowthMicrobial Metabolite ProductionYeast BiologyIndustrial Fermentation MicrobiologyIndustrial ProductionIndustrial Yeast FermentationPure Culture IsolationYeast FermentationYeast Isolation
Hundreds of strains of methanol-assimilating yeasts were isolated in pure culture from a wide variety of natural sources through investigations on industrial cell production and the metabolism of methanol. Seven of these strains showed heavy growth on a methanol medium. Taxonomic studies on these strongly methanol-assimilating yeasts indicated that five strains were the same species and belonged to a new species, Pichia methanolica, one strain Pichia pastoris, and another Candida boidinii.