Microbodies in Methanol-grown Candida boidinii

Authors:
  • HSH. Sahm
    H. Sahm
  • RRR. Roggenkamp
    R. Roggenkamp
  • FWF. Wagner
    F. Wagner
  • WHW. Hinkelmann
    W. Hinkelmann
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Abstract
SUMMARY: Intracellular structures were observed in Candida boidinii grown in a medium containing methanol as the sole source of carbon and energy; these structures were absent in the same organism grown in the presence of glucose or ethanol. These substrate-specific structures are ultrastructurally similar to microbodies. Studies with sphaeroplast lysates and a mutant lacking alcohol-oxidase activity indicate that the alcohol oxidase may be located in these microbodies.