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The genes for utilization of xylose were transferred from Pachysolen tannophilus to Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The hybrids resembled the S. cerevisiae parent morphologically and in sugar assimilation. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis showed that the chromosome banding pattern was intermediate between the two parental species.
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Heluane, H., Spencer, J.F.T., Spencer, D. et al. Characterization of hybrids obtained by protoplast fusion, between Pachysolen tannophilus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 40, 98–100 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00170435
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