The genus Pseudozyma is an anamorph that belongs to the Ustilaginales. Pseudozyma species are unusual yeast-like fungi and are most frequently isolated from plant materials. The Pseudozyma strain, BCRC 33871, was isolated from the flower of Albizia julibrissin in Taiwan. BCRC 33871 was identified as P. antarctica and described based on morphological, physiological, and molecular data. This disc...

Engineering of the reaction medium and study of an expanded range of reaction temperatures were carried out in an effort to positively influence the outcome of Novozyme-435 (immobilized Lipase B from Candida antarctica) catalyzed epsilon-CL polymerizations. A series of solvents including acetonitrile, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, chloroform, butyl ether, isopropyl ether, isooctane, and toluene (lo...

Enzymatic synthesis of sugar fatty acid esters was performed in an organic solvent using an immobilized Candida antartica lipase and various sugars and oleic acid as substrates. A high solubility of the sugar in the solvent was needed for a high sugar ester yield. Among the sugars and solvents tested in this study, the highest yield (98 %) was obtained when xylitol and 2-methyl 2-butanol were u...