On exhaustion of the sugar supply in the medium, cells of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae maintained at 30°C lost most of their phospholipid content and their viability, as assessed by methylene blue staining, within a few days. Both processes occurred more rapidly in cells which had fermented glucose rather than maltose. During this period of decline the cell content of other fatty acid esters, mainly triacylglycerols, increased. This seemed greater in cells grown with maltose than with glucose but the latter cells also synthesised distinct amounts of waxes. The total quantity of lipid per cell did not change significantly during loss of viability although the composition of the lipid fraction did.
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