INDUCTION OF DESICCATION TOLERANCE BY OSMOTIC TREATMENT IN SACCHAROMYCES-UVARUM VAR CARLSBERGENSIS

Authors
ELEUTHERIO ECA MAIA FM PEREIRA MD DEGRE R CAMERON D PANEK AD
Citation
Eca. Eleutherio et al., INDUCTION OF DESICCATION TOLERANCE BY OSMOTIC TREATMENT IN SACCHAROMYCES-UVARUM VAR CARLSBERGENSIS, Canadian journal of microbiology, 43(5), 1997, pp. 495-498
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology",Biology
Journal title
Canadian journal of microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084166
Volume
43
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
495 - 498
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4166(1997)43:5<495:IODTBO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Saccharomyces uvarum var. carlsbergensis is heat sensitive and when dr ied by usual procedures exhibits very poor survival. Our results demon strate that these cells are capable of accumulating trehalose when sub mitted to an osmotic treatment using 20% solutions of either sorbitol or dextrin endowing them with the capacity of surviving posterior dehy dration.