%0 Journal Article
%T Abundance of lactose assimilating yeasts from Nepalese Murcha (Yeast cake)
%A Kiran Babu Tiwari
%A Manindra Lal Shrestha
%A Vishwanath Prasad Agrawal
%J International Journal of Life Sciences
%P 1-5
%D 2007
%I Research Laboratory for Agricultural Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB)
%R 10.3126/ijls.v1i0.2299
%X A study was conducted to elucidate the lactose assimilation by indigenious strains of yeasts in Nepal. A total of 31 strains were isolated from eight murcha (yeast cakes) samples from different localities of Nepal. A higher percentage of isolates (7/31, 22.58%) were found to posses lactose assimilating activity. Among the lactose assimilating isolates 57.14% (4/7) were able to assimilate galactose, a product of ß-galactosidase reaction. DOI: 10.3126/ijls.v1i0.2299 Int J Life Sci 1 : 1-5
%U http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/IJLS/article/view/2299