Biotechnological application of biological yeast's invertase

Biotechnological production of carotenoids by yeasts: an overview

Nowadays, carotenoids are valuable molecules in different industries such as chemical, pharmaceutical, poultry, food and cosmetics. These pigments not only can act as vitamin A precursors, but also they have coloring and antioxidant properties, which have attracted the attention of the industries and researchers. The carotenoid production through chemical synthesis or extraction from plants is ...

Biological Studies on Capsulated Yeasts.

The taxonomic nomenclature of Stelling-Dekker (1931) and Lodder (1934) is used throughout the paper. The yeast strains were derived partly from the stock of the Department of Bacteriology and Hygiene of the Hebrew University and partly from the following type culture collections: National Type Culture Collection, London; American Type Culture Collection, Washington; and the Centraalbureau voor ...

Flavonoids: biosynthesis, biological functions, and biotechnological applications

Flavonoids are widely distributed secondary metabolites with different metabolic functions in plants. The elucidation of the biosynthetic pathways, as well as their regulation by MYB, basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH), and WD40-type transcription factors, has allowed metabolic engineering of plants through the manipulation of the different final products with valuable applications. The present revi...

Biotechnological Production and Application of Hyaluronan

Production of extracellular and total invertase by Candida utilis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and other yeasts.

Some strains of Candida utilis produce exceptionally large amounts of extracellular and total invertase. Strain Y-900 of C. utilis produces high yields whether the carbon source is sucrose, glucose, maltose, or xylose and still higher yields with lactic acid, glycerol, and ethyl alcohol. Approximately 20 to 30% of the total invertase of C. utilis is extracellular. Strains of Saccharomyces cerev...