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WE have been investigating the utilization of hydrocarbons by micro-organisms, and have already described formation of amino-acids from kerosene by a fermentation process1. On the other hand, it is reported2 that some authors have been examining the production by microorganisms of feed supplements, fatty acids and other oxidation products from hydrocarbons. Recently, we investigated whether some enzymes are formed by microorganisms grown on hydrocarbons as a sole carbon source, and have found that extracellular lipase is formed by 5 strains out of 26 micro-organisms tested.
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TAKAHASHI, J., IMADA, Y. & YAMADA, K. Lipase Formation by Micro-organisms grown on Hydrocarbons. Nature 200, 1208 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001208a0
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