[Physiologo-biochemical characteristics of Candida tropicalis yeasts, cultivated on n-alkanes at supraoptimal temperature].

Cultivation of Candida tropicalis IBEM 303 without thermostatic regulation on n-alkanes results in an increase of the temperature in the fermenter to supraoptimal values and to the linear growth of the culture without distinct differentiation according to the growth phases. The cells grown at supraoptimal temperature differ from the cells cultivated at optimal temperature by the amount of some amino acids and oligopeptides liberated by the yeast into the cultural broth, by the chemical composition of the cells and their morphology.