List of works - Tomotake Morita

A Gene Cluster for Biosynthesis of Mannosylerythritol Lipids Consisted of 4-O-β-D-Mannopyranosyl-(2R,3S)-Erythritol as the Sugar Moiety in a Basidiomycetous Yeast Pseudozyma tsukubaensis

scientific article

A basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma crassa, produces novel diastereomers of conventional mannosylerythritol lipids as glycolipid biosurfactants.

scientific article published on 9 September 2008

A basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma tsukubaensis, efficiently produces a novel glycolipid biosurfactant. The identification of a new diastereomer of mannosylerythritol lipid-B.

scientific article

A yeast glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid, shows high binding affinity towards lectins on a self-assembled monolayer system

scientific article published on 05 January 2007

A yeast glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid, shows potential moisturizing activity toward cultured human skin cells: the recovery effect of MEL-A on the SDS-damaged human skin cells

scientific article published in January 2009

Accumulation of cellobiose lipids under nitrogen-limiting conditions by two ustilaginomycetous yeasts, Pseudozyma aphidis and Pseudozyma hubeiensis

scientific article published on 11 October 2012

Activation of fibroblast and papilla cells by glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica, which produces glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

scientific article

Aqueous gel formation from sodium salts of cellobiose lipids

scientific article published on 25 September 2014

Aqueous-phase behavior and vesicle formation of natural glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid-B.

scientific article

Bacterial production of short-chain organic acids and trehalose from levulinic acid: a potential cellulose-derived building block as a feedstock for microbial production.

scientific article published on 18 November 2014

Biodegradable Plastic-degrading Activity of Various Species of Paraphoma.

scientific article published on 16 June 2016

Biodegradable plastic-degrading enzyme from Pseudozyma antarctica: cloning, sequencing, and characterization

scientific article published on 8 June 2012

Biosurfactant-producing yeast isolated from Calyptogena soyoae (deep-sea cold-seep clam) in the deep sea.

scientific article

Biosurfactant-producing yeasts widely inhabit various vegetables and fruits

scientific article published on 16 April 2014

Biosynthesis of mono-acylated mannosylerythritol lipid in an acyltransferase gene-disrupted mutant of Pseudozyma tsukubaensis

scientific article published on 23 December 2017

Characterization of mannosylerythritol lipids containing hexadecatetraenoic acid produced from cuttlefish oil by Pseudozyma churashimaensis OK96.

scientific article

Characterization of new glycolipid biosurfactants, tri-acylated mannosylerythritol lipids, produced by Pseudozyma yeasts

scientific article published on 07 April 2007

Characterization of the genus Pseudozyma by the formation of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Convenient transformation of anamorphic basidiomycetous yeasts belonging to genus pseudozyma induced by electroporation

scientific article published in December 2007

Detection of acetyl monoglyceride as a metabolite of newly isolated glycerol-assimilating bacteria.

scientific article published in January 2009

Discovery of Pseudozyma rugulosa NBRC 10877 as a novel producer of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, based on rDNA sequence

scientific article published on 30 May 2006

Disruption of protease A and B orthologous genes in the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica GB-4(0) yields a stable extracellular biodegradable plastic-degrading enzyme

scientific article published on 17 March 2021

Disruption of the membrane-bound alcohol dehydrogenase-encoding gene improved glycerol use and dihydroxyacetone productivity in Gluconobacter oxydans.

scientific article published on 7 July 2010

Disruption of the plr1+ gene encoding pyridoxal reductase of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

scientific article published in February 2004

Draft Genome Sequence of Acetobacter tropicalis Type Strain NBRC16470, a Producer of Optically Pure d-Glyceric Acid

scientific article

Draft Genome Sequence of Burkholderia stabilis LA20W, a Trehalose Producer That Uses Levulinic Acid as a Substrate

scientific article published on 04 August 2016

Draft Genome Sequence of Geobacter pelophilus Strain Dfr2, a Ferric Iron-Reducing Bacterium. ⬇️

scientific article

Draft Genome Sequence of the Yeast Pseudozyma antarctica Type Strain JCM10317, a Producer of the Glycolipid Biosurfactants, Mannosylerythritol Lipids

scientific article

Draft Genome Sequence of the Yeast Starmerella bombicola NBRC10243, a Producer of Sophorolipids, Glycolipid Biosurfactants

scientific article

Efficient Production of Acid-Form Sophorolipids from Waste Glycerol and Fatty Acid Methyl Esters by Candida floricola.

scientific article published on 9 March 2018

Efficient production of di- and tri-acylated mannosylerythritol lipids as glycolipid biosurfactants by Pseudozyma parantarctica JCM 11752(T)

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Enhanced production of a diastereomer type of mannosylerythritol lipid-B by the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma tsukubaensis expressing lipase genes from Pseudozyma antarctica

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Enzymatic conversion of diacetylated sophoroselipid into acetylated glucoselipid: surface-active properties of novel bolaform biosurfactants.

scientific article

Enzymatic synthesis of a novel glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid-D and its aqueous phase behavior

scientific article published on 26 November 2010

Formation of W/O microemulsion based on natural glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid-a

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Formation of the two novel glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylribitol lipid and mannosylarabitol lipid, by Pseudozyma parantarctica JCM 11752T ⬇️

scientific article published on June 22, 2012

Genome Sequence of the Basidiomycetous Yeast Pseudozyma antarctica T-34, a Producer of the Glycolipid Biosurfactants Mannosylerythritol Lipids

scientific article published on March 2013

Genome and transcriptome analysis of the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica producing extracellular glycolipids, mannosylerythritol lipids

scientific article

Glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, repair the damaged hair.

scientific article published in January 2010

Glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, show antioxidant and protective effects against H(2)O(2)-induced oxidative stress in cultured human skin fibroblasts

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

High-level recombinant protein production by the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica under a xylose-inducible xylanase promoter

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Identification and functional characterization of NAD(P)+ -dependent meso-diaminopimelate dehydrogenase from Numidum massiliense

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Identification of Pseudozyma graminicola CBS 10092 as a producer of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

scientific article

Identification of Ustilago cynodontis as a new producer of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, based on ribosomal DNA sequences

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Identification of a SNARE protein required for vacuolar protein transport in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

Identification of a galactose‐specific flocculin essential for non‐sexual flocculation and filamentous growth in Schizosaccharomyces pombe ⬇️

scientific article published on November 21, 2011

Identification of the fnx1+ and fnx2+ genes for vacuolar amino acid transporters in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

scientific article published on 27 May 2008

Identification of the gene PaEMT1 for biosynthesis of mannosylerythritol lipids in the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica

scientific article published on November 2010

Inhibition of Diphenolase Activity of Tyrosinase by Vitamin B6 Compounds ⬇️

scientific article published on April 23, 2003

Isolation and characterization of bacterial strains with the ability to utilize high concentrations of levulinic acid, a platform chemical from inedible biomass.

scientific article

Isolation and characterization of thermotolerant fungi producing lignoceric acid from glycerol.

scientific article published in January 2008

Isolation and screening of glycolipid biosurfactant producers from sugarcane

scientific article published on 07 September 2012

Isolation of Pseudozyma churashimaensis sp. nov., a novel ustilaginomycetous yeast species as a producer of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

scientific article

Isolation of basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma tsukubaensis and production of glycolipid biosurfactant, a diastereomer type of mannosylerythritol lipid-B

scientific article published on 21 July 2010

Kinetic studies on the interactions between glycolipid biosurfactant assembled monolayers and various classes of immunoglobulins using surface plasmon resonance

scientific article published on 12 March 2007

Loss of a GPI-Anchored Membrane Protein Aah3p Causes a Defect in Vacuolar Protein Sorting in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

scientific article published on 07 February 2007

Low molecular weight gelators based on biosurfactants, cellobiose lipids by Cryptococcus humicola

scientific article published in January 2012

Mannosylerythritol lipids secreted by phyllosphere yeast Pseudozyma antarctica is associated with its filamentous growth and propagation on plant surfaces

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Mannosylerythritol lipids: production and applications.

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Microbial conversion of glycerol into glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by a basidiomycete yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica JCM 10317(T).

scientific article published in July 2007

Microbial resolution of DL-glyceric acid for L-glyceric acid production with newly isolated bacterial strains.

scientific article

Monolayer behavior of binary systems of lactonic and acidic forms of sophorolipids: thermodynamic analyses of Langmuir monolayers and AFM study of Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers.

scientific article

Multiple functions of ergosterol in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

scientific article

Packing density of glycolipid biosurfactant monolayers give a significant effect on their binding affinity toward immunoglobulin G.

scientific article published in January 2008

Phase behavior of ternary mannosylerythritol lipid/water/oil systems.

scientific article

Phyllosphere yeasts rapidly break down biodegradable plastics

scientific article published on 29 November 2011

Physiological differences in the formation of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, between Pseudozyma antarctica and Pseudozyma aphidis.

scientific article published on 14 November 2006

Production and characterization of a glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid B, from sugarcane juice by Ustilago scitaminea NBRC 32730

scientific article published on 07 July 2011

Production of D-arabitol from raw glycerol by Candida quercitrusa

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

Production of Glycolipid Biosurfactants, cellobiose lipids, by Cryptococcus humicola JCM 1461 and their interfacial properties

scientific article published on 07 August 2011

Production of a novel glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylmannitol lipid, by Pseudozyma parantarctica and its interfacial properties.

scientific article

Production of different types of mannosylerythritol lipids as biosurfactants by the newly isolated yeast strains belonging to the genus Pseudozyma

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Production of glycolipid biosurfactants by basidiomycetous yeasts.

scientific article published on May 2009

Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by Pseudozyma siamensis CBS 9960 and their interfacial properties.

scientific article

Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, using sucrose by fungal and yeast strains, and their interfacial properties

scientific article published on 7 October 2009

Production of mannitol from raw glycerol by Candida azyma

scientific article published on 25 December 2013

Production of mannosylerythritol lipids and their application in cosmetics.

scientific article published on 14 April 2013

Production of new types of sophorolipids by Candida batistae.

scientific article published in January 2008

Production of sophorolipid glycolipid biosurfactants from sugarcane molasses using Starmerella bombicola NBRC 10243.

scientific article

Production of sophorolipids from non-edible jatropha oil by Stamerella bombicola NBRC 10243 and evaluation of their interfacial properties

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Reverse vesicle formation from the yeast glycolipid biosurfactant mannosylerythritol lipid-D

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Selective Production of Acid-form Sophorolipids from Glycerol by Candida floricola

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Selective formation of mannosyl-L-arabitol lipid by Pseudozyma tsukubaensis JCM16987.

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Selective production of two diastereomers of disaccharide sugar alcohol, mannosylerythritol by Pseudozyma yeasts.

scientific article published on 23 November 2013

Simultaneous bioethanol distillery wastewater treatment and xylanase production by the phyllosphere yeast Pseudozyma antarctica GB-4(0)

scientific article published on 12 June 2015

Spontaneous vesicle formation from sodium salt of acidic sophorolipid and its application as a skin penetration enhancer

scientific article published on 14 January 2014

Structural characterization and surface-active properties of a new glycolipid biosurfactant, mono-acylated mannosylerythritol lipid, produced from glucose by Pseudozyma antarctica.

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Structural characterization and surface-active properties of a succinoyl trehalose lipid produced by Rhodococcus sp. SD-74.

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Synthesis and Characterization of Dioctanoyl Glycerate as Water-soluble Trypsin Inhibitor.

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Targeted gene replacement at the URA3 locus of the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica and its transformation using lithium acetate treatment.

scientific article published on 15 August 2017

Targeted transcriptomic study of the implication of central metabolic pathways in mannosylerythritol lipids biosynthesis in Pseudozyma antarctica T-34

scientific article published on 10 January 2020

The diastereomers of mannosylerythritol lipids have different interfacial properties and aqueous phase behavior, reflecting the erythritol configuration

scientific article published on 28 January 2012

The moisturizing effects of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, on human skin

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

The role of PaAAC1 encoding a mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier in the biosynthesis of extracellular glycolipids, mannosylerythritol lipids, in the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica

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Vesicle-mediated protein transport pathways to the vacuole in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

scientific article published on October 2003

Yeast extract stimulates production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by Pseudozyma hubeiensis SY62

scientific article published on 09 March 2011

List of works by Tomotake Morita

A Gene Cluster for Biosynthesis of Mannosylerythritol Lipids Consisted of 4-O-β-D-Mannopyranosyl-(2R,3S)-Erythritol as the Sugar Moiety in a Basidiomycetous Yeast Pseudozyma tsukubaensis

A basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma crassa, produces novel diastereomers of conventional mannosylerythritol lipids as glycolipid biosurfactants.

A basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma tsukubaensis, efficiently produces a novel glycolipid biosurfactant. The identification of a new diastereomer of mannosylerythritol lipid-B.

A yeast glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid, shows high binding affinity towards lectins on a self-assembled monolayer system

A yeast glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid, shows potential moisturizing activity toward cultured human skin cells: the recovery effect of MEL-A on the SDS-damaged human skin cells

Accumulation of cellobiose lipids under nitrogen-limiting conditions by two ustilaginomycetous yeasts, Pseudozyma aphidis and Pseudozyma hubeiensis

Activation of fibroblast and papilla cells by glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids

Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica, which produces glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

Aqueous gel formation from sodium salts of cellobiose lipids

Aqueous-phase behavior and vesicle formation of natural glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid-B.

Bacterial production of short-chain organic acids and trehalose from levulinic acid: a potential cellulose-derived building block as a feedstock for microbial production.

Biodegradable Plastic-degrading Activity of Various Species of Paraphoma.

Biodegradable plastic-degrading enzyme from Pseudozyma antarctica: cloning, sequencing, and characterization

Biosurfactant-producing yeast isolated from Calyptogena soyoae (deep-sea cold-seep clam) in the deep sea.

Biosurfactant-producing yeasts widely inhabit various vegetables and fruits

Biosynthesis of mono-acylated mannosylerythritol lipid in an acyltransferase gene-disrupted mutant of Pseudozyma tsukubaensis

Characterization of mannosylerythritol lipids containing hexadecatetraenoic acid produced from cuttlefish oil by Pseudozyma churashimaensis OK96.

Characterization of new glycolipid biosurfactants, tri-acylated mannosylerythritol lipids, produced by Pseudozyma yeasts

Characterization of the genus Pseudozyma by the formation of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids

Convenient transformation of anamorphic basidiomycetous yeasts belonging to genus pseudozyma induced by electroporation

Detection of acetyl monoglyceride as a metabolite of newly isolated glycerol-assimilating bacteria.

Discovery of Pseudozyma rugulosa NBRC 10877 as a novel producer of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, based on rDNA sequence

Disruption of protease A and B orthologous genes in the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica GB-4(0) yields a stable extracellular biodegradable plastic-degrading enzyme

Disruption of the membrane-bound alcohol dehydrogenase-encoding gene improved glycerol use and dihydroxyacetone productivity in Gluconobacter oxydans.

Disruption of the plr1+ gene encoding pyridoxal reductase of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Draft Genome Sequence of Acetobacter tropicalis Type Strain NBRC16470, a Producer of Optically Pure d-Glyceric Acid

Draft Genome Sequence of Burkholderia stabilis LA20W, a Trehalose Producer That Uses Levulinic Acid as a Substrate

Draft Genome Sequence of Geobacter pelophilus Strain Dfr2, a Ferric Iron-Reducing Bacterium. ⬇️

Draft Genome Sequence of the Yeast Pseudozyma antarctica Type Strain JCM10317, a Producer of the Glycolipid Biosurfactants, Mannosylerythritol Lipids

Draft Genome Sequence of the Yeast Starmerella bombicola NBRC10243, a Producer of Sophorolipids, Glycolipid Biosurfactants

Efficient Production of Acid-Form Sophorolipids from Waste Glycerol and Fatty Acid Methyl Esters by Candida floricola.

Efficient production of di- and tri-acylated mannosylerythritol lipids as glycolipid biosurfactants by Pseudozyma parantarctica JCM 11752(T)

Enhanced production of a diastereomer type of mannosylerythritol lipid-B by the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma tsukubaensis expressing lipase genes from Pseudozyma antarctica

Enzymatic conversion of diacetylated sophoroselipid into acetylated glucoselipid: surface-active properties of novel bolaform biosurfactants.

Enzymatic synthesis of a novel glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid-D and its aqueous phase behavior

Formation of W/O microemulsion based on natural glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid-a

Formation of the two novel glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylribitol lipid and mannosylarabitol lipid, by Pseudozyma parantarctica JCM 11752T ⬇️

Genome Sequence of the Basidiomycetous Yeast Pseudozyma antarctica T-34, a Producer of the Glycolipid Biosurfactants Mannosylerythritol Lipids

Genome and transcriptome analysis of the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica producing extracellular glycolipids, mannosylerythritol lipids

Glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, repair the damaged hair.

Glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, show antioxidant and protective effects against H(2)O(2)-induced oxidative stress in cultured human skin fibroblasts

High-level recombinant protein production by the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica under a xylose-inducible xylanase promoter

Identification and functional characterization of NAD(P)+ -dependent meso-diaminopimelate dehydrogenase from Numidum massiliense

Identification of Pseudozyma graminicola CBS 10092 as a producer of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

Identification of Ustilago cynodontis as a new producer of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, based on ribosomal DNA sequences

Identification of a SNARE protein required for vacuolar protein transport in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Identification of a galactose‐specific flocculin essential for non‐sexual flocculation and filamentous growth in Schizosaccharomyces pombe ⬇️

Identification of the fnx1+ and fnx2+ genes for vacuolar amino acid transporters in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Identification of the gene PaEMT1 for biosynthesis of mannosylerythritol lipids in the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica

Inhibition of Diphenolase Activity of Tyrosinase by Vitamin B6 Compounds ⬇️

Isolation and characterization of bacterial strains with the ability to utilize high concentrations of levulinic acid, a platform chemical from inedible biomass.

Isolation and characterization of thermotolerant fungi producing lignoceric acid from glycerol.

Isolation and screening of glycolipid biosurfactant producers from sugarcane

Isolation of Pseudozyma churashimaensis sp. nov., a novel ustilaginomycetous yeast species as a producer of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

Isolation of basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma tsukubaensis and production of glycolipid biosurfactant, a diastereomer type of mannosylerythritol lipid-B

Kinetic studies on the interactions between glycolipid biosurfactant assembled monolayers and various classes of immunoglobulins using surface plasmon resonance

Loss of a GPI-Anchored Membrane Protein Aah3p Causes a Defect in Vacuolar Protein Sorting in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Low molecular weight gelators based on biosurfactants, cellobiose lipids by Cryptococcus humicola

Mannosylerythritol lipids secreted by phyllosphere yeast Pseudozyma antarctica is associated with its filamentous growth and propagation on plant surfaces

Mannosylerythritol lipids: production and applications.

Microbial conversion of glycerol into glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by a basidiomycete yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica JCM 10317(T).

Microbial resolution of DL-glyceric acid for L-glyceric acid production with newly isolated bacterial strains.

Monolayer behavior of binary systems of lactonic and acidic forms of sophorolipids: thermodynamic analyses of Langmuir monolayers and AFM study of Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers.

Multiple functions of ergosterol in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Packing density of glycolipid biosurfactant monolayers give a significant effect on their binding affinity toward immunoglobulin G.

Phase behavior of ternary mannosylerythritol lipid/water/oil systems.

Phyllosphere yeasts rapidly break down biodegradable plastics

Physiological differences in the formation of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, between Pseudozyma antarctica and Pseudozyma aphidis.

Production and characterization of a glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid B, from sugarcane juice by Ustilago scitaminea NBRC 32730

Production of D-arabitol from raw glycerol by Candida quercitrusa

Production of Glycolipid Biosurfactants, cellobiose lipids, by Cryptococcus humicola JCM 1461 and their interfacial properties

Production of a novel glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylmannitol lipid, by Pseudozyma parantarctica and its interfacial properties.

Production of different types of mannosylerythritol lipids as biosurfactants by the newly isolated yeast strains belonging to the genus Pseudozyma

Production of glycolipid biosurfactants by basidiomycetous yeasts.

Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by Pseudozyma siamensis CBS 9960 and their interfacial properties.

Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, using sucrose by fungal and yeast strains, and their interfacial properties

Production of mannitol from raw glycerol by Candida azyma

Production of mannosylerythritol lipids and their application in cosmetics.

Production of new types of sophorolipids by Candida batistae.