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Abstract
The yeast Pityrosporum ovale, a skin saprophyte, will only grow if fatty acids of chain length greater than C(10) are added to the culture medium. 9-Hydroxypalmitic acid is the major product of metabolism of even-carbon-number fatty acids; 9-hydroxystearic acid is also found. The optimum pH for this conversion is pH4.5. The hydroxy fatty acids produced are found bound in a polar form in the aqueous phase of the culture medium. Growth of the organisms is facilitated by presentation of the substrate as a two-phase liquid system.Entities:
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Year: 1968 PMID： 5691082 PMCID： PMC1198797 DOI： 10.1042/bj1080225
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN： 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857