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In some recent publications, the ability of selection strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to ferment inulin was attributed to inulinase activity. The review summarizes the literature data indicating that overproduction of invertase, an enzyme common to S. cerevisiae, may be responsible for this phenomenon.
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Original Russian Text © G.I. Naumov, E.S. Naumova, 2015, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2015, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 160–164.
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Naumov, G.I., Naumova, E.S. Invertase overproduction may provide for inulin fermentation by selection strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Microbiology 84, 130–134 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261715020095
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