Candida kefyr (Beijerinck) van Uden et Buckley, anamorph
Application
produces ethyl alcohol ethanol
production of ethanol from Jerusalem artichokes
Biosafety Level
1
Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country.
Product Format
freeze-dried
Type Strain
yes
(type strain of Saccharomyces muciparus)
Preceptrol®
no
Medium
ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 28.0°C
Sequenced Data
No DNA sequencing was performed in house on this product.
Duvnjak Z, et al. Production of alcohol from Jerusalem artichokes by yeast. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 24: 2297-2308, 1982.
Holloway P, Subden RE. The isolation and nucleotide sequence of the pyruvate decarboxylase gene from Kluyveromyces marxianus. Curr. Genet. 24: 274-277, 1993. PubMed: 8221939
Beijerinck MW. Die Erscheinung der Glockenbildung oder Agglutination bei Alkoholhefen. Centralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. II Abt. 20: 641-650, 1908.
