저장사과주에서 분리(分離) 동정(同定)한 산막효모(産膜酵母) Hansenula beijerinckii FY-5의 소수성(疎水性)과 피막형성(皮膜形成)과의 관계(關係)를 조사하였다. 비(非)이온계(系) 계면활성제(界面活性劑) 첨가에 의해 균생육(菌生育)은 가능(可能)하지만 피막(皮膜)이 전혀 형성(形成)되지 않으며 소수도(疎水度)도 크게 낮아지는 사실로 미루어 볼때, 피막형성(皮膜形成)에는 효모세포(醉母細胞)를 배지표면(表面)에 보존(保持)시키는 어떤 인자(因予)가 요구되며 그 인자(因子)가 바로 효모세포표면(酵償細胞表面)외 소수성(疎水性)이 아닌가 생각된다. 산막성효모(産膜性酵母)에 있어서는 소수도(疎水度)가 클수록 피막형성(皮膜形成)이 왕성하였으나 비산막성효모(非産膜性酵母)는 대체로 소수도(疎水度)가 낮았다. 탄소원이 에타놀일때 소수도(疎水度)가 높았으며 pH의 상승에 따라 소수도(疎水度)는 감소(減少)하는 경향이었다. 배양기간별로는 균생육(菌生育)과 더불어 소수도(疎水度)도 비례적으로 증가하여 정상기(正常期)에 최대치를 보였다.
Relationship between cell surface hydrophobicity and pellicle formation was studied in a film strain isolated from stored apple wine and identified as Hansenula beijerinckii FY-5. In the media containing non-ionic surface-active agents the pellicle formation of strain FY-5 was efficiently repressed, whereas growth of the yeast was possible, and also cell surface hydrophobicity was greatly decreased by the addition of these agents. These results indicate that a pellicle formation factor, which keeps yeast cells floating on the medium surface, is necessary for the pellicle formation, and surely this factor is the hydrophobicity of the cell surface. The pellicle formation in the film strains was abundant with the increase of the cell surface hydrophobicity, whereas the non-film strains had less hydrophobicity as compared with the film strains. Ethanol, as a sole carbon source, efficiently increased hydrophobicity more than glucose, and the hydrophobicity was lowered with the rise of pH. In the experiments of time course, the hydrophobicity was increased in proportion to cell growth, and was maximum during the stationary phase.
