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. 1967 Jul;15(4):690-3.
doi: 10.1128/am.15.4.690-693.1967.

Degradation of hydrocarbons by members of the genus Candida. I. Hydrocarbon assimilation

M J Klug, A J Markovetz

Degradation of hydrocarbons by members of the genus Candida. I. Hydrocarbon assimilation

M J Klug et al. Appl Microbiol. 1967 Jul.

Abstract

A representative number of species of the genus Candida were tested for their ability to utilize n-alkanes of 9 to 18 carbon atoms and even-numbered 1-alkenes of 10 to 18 carbon atoms. A high percentage of these organisms exhibited the ability to assimilate some member of the hydrocarbon series employed. These findings indicate that the ability to assimilate hydrocarbons is not limited to a few species of the genus and may be of some taxonomic significance.

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