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candida infection of a fermentation; help

Des O'Connor Des at Microsearch-uk.com
Thu May 13 13:34:13 EST 1999


Try potassium sorbate  or sorbic acid


Alexander Schröer wrote in message
<32c9f52b.25643166 at news.zrz.tu-berlin.de>...
>I run fermentations with a mycobacter strain which utilizes vinyl
>chlorid as carbon and energy source. Vinyl chlrorid is very toxic and
>infections with other strains where not expected.
>But since several month we have an infection with the  yeast candida
>sp. which utilizes the mycobacter as carbon source :-(
>
>We tried caprylate to inhibit the yeast. It worked, but the mycobacter
>strain  was inhibited, too.
>
>Does anyone knows another specific "antibiotikum" which does inhibit a
>yeast and not a bacterial strain ?
>
>Thanks
>Alexander Schröer
>TU-Berlin, Germany





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