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A new cyclodextrin-agar medium for surface cultivation of microbes on lipophilic substrates
1Department of Applied Microbiology, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Inclusion of cyclodextrins into an agar gel enabled a homogeneous incorporation of water-immiscible lipophilic organic liquids and solids as substrates for surface microbial growth or conversion. Surface cultivation of Candida lipolytica and C. tropicalis was demonstrated in alpha- and beta-cyclodextrin/hexadecane-agar media.