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IN a recent paper1 further and seemingly conclusive proof was given that hydrolysis of maltose to glucose is not a necessary condition of maltose fermentation by living yeast cells. It may be noted that one of the findings upon which this conclusion was rested has now been independently confirmed2. Results since obtained suggest that not only is the mechanism of maltose fermentation in vivo different from, but also that it is not inclusive of, the glucose fermentation mechanism.
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LEIBOWITZ, J., HESTRIN, S. Substrate Specificity of Yeast Zymase. Nature 145, 671 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145671b0
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