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Naoya Takakuwa1, Katsuichi Saito
1Memuro Research Station, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Hokkaido. takakuwa@naro.affrc.go.jp
Abstract:
Eighty-one yeast isolates from raw milk were surveyed for the production of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME). Only one species, identified as Cryptococcus curvatus, produced FAME at a detectable level. Cr. curvatus TYC-19 produced more FAME from beet molasses and cheese whey medium than other strains of the same species. In both media, the major FAME produced were linoleic and oleic acid methyl esters. Sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA indicated that TYC-19 diverged from the same species.
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