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Smith, N.G., A.W. Bourquin, S.A. Crow and D.G. Ahearn. 1976. Effect of Heptachlor on Hexadecane Utilization by Selected Fungi. In: Developments in Industrial Microbiology, Vol. 17. American Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington, DC. Pp. 331-336. (ERL,GB 255).

Various concentrations of heptachlor dissolved in hexadecane were added to cultures of fungi grown in yeast-nitrogen base prepared with synthetic seawater and with deionized water. Candida maltosa and Candida lipolytica showed greatest utilization of hexadecane (20-91%) whether heptachlor was present or absent. Isolates of Pichia spartinea, Cladosporium sp., Cephalosporium sp., and Penicillium sp. also utilized the hydrocarbon, but to a lesser extent. Species of Kluyveromyces failed to grow with hexadecane as a carbon source. Compared with low concentrations, high concentrations of heptachlor appeared to have a slight stimulating effect on utilzation of hexadecane by C. maltosa, but had no effect with C. lipolytica.

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