Incubation o f racemic ethyl [2,2-2H 2]-(£)-3,4-epoxydecanoate and the corresponding acid with intact cells o f Sporobolomyces odorus led to the formation o f deuterium labeled y-decalaetone. The detection o f labeled 2-decen-4-olide and 4-oxodecanoic acid made it possi­ ble to propose the biogenetic sequence leading to y-decalactone. The determination o f the en­ antiomeric ratio o f the lacto...

Two strains of SporoboZomyces pecies, NRRL Y-6493 and NRRL Y-6502, produce extracellular, lightly acetylated, phosphorylated galactans when grown on media containing glucose as the carbon source. D-&lactose and D-galactose 6-phosphate were the only carbohydrate components present in strong acid hydrolysates. oc-D-Galactose 1 -phosphate was isolated after vigorous alkaline hydrolysis. Periodate ...

Models for two ketoreductases were created and used to predict the stereoselectivity of the enzymes. One was based on the crystal structure of Sporobolomyces salmonicolor. This model was used to predict the stereoselectivity for 46 ketone reductions using this enzyme; only 6 were incorrectly predicted. The stereochemistries of the products were compared to the experimental values found in the l...

OBJECTIVES The infections caused by basidiomycetous yeasts are often difficult to resolve. Combined therapy might be useful in those severe cases where a monotherapy was ineffective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro activity of combinations of micafungin with amphotericin B or fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole and ravuconazole against isolates of Trichosporon, Rhodotorul...

and is assumed to be rich in biodiversity of yeasts, especially in its subtropical rain forests. However, only a few reports have been published on yeasts living in the phyllosphere of Taiwan (Nakase et al., 2002, 2003, 2004). In the course of a survey of yeasts in the phyllosphere of the Asian region, we found a yeast strain coinciding with the genus Sporobolomyces from a plant in Taiwan. Sinc...