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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1967 July; 15(4): 690-693
Copyright © 1967 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Degradation of Hydrocarbons by Members of the Genus Candida¹

I. Hydrocarbon Assimilation

Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52241

ABSTRACT

A representative number of species of the genus Candida were tested for their ability to utilize n-alkanes of 9 to 18 carbon atoms and even-numbered 1-alkenes of 10 to 18 carbon atoms. A high percentage of these organisms exhibited the ability to assimilate some member of the hydrocarbon series employed. These findings indicate that the ability to assimilate hydrocarbons is not limited to a few species of the genus and may be of some taxonomic significance.

¹ A preliminary report of these results was presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Los Angeles, Calif., 1-5 May 1966.