“…Yeast cells were cultivated in a mineral salt medium (5 g NH 4 H 2 PO 4 , 2.5 g KH 2 PO 4 , 1 g MgSO 4 × 7 H 2 O, 0.02 g Ca(NO 3 ) 2 × 7 H 2 O, 2.0 mg FeCl 3 × 6 H 2 O, 0.5 mg H 3 BO 3 , 0.4 mg MnSO 4 × 5 H 2 O, 0.4 mg ZnSO 4 × 7 H 2 O, 0.2 mg Na 2 MoO 4 , 0.1 mg CuSO 4 × 5 H 2 O, 0.1 mg CoCl 2 , 0.1 mg KI in 1 L dest. H 2 O, pH 5.4 (Hornei et al [ 1972 ])) supplemented with 1% (v/v) vitamine solution (Van der Walt and van Kerken [ 1961 ]) and 1% (v/v) of the respective substrate (dodecane-2-one, dodec-1-ene, dodecane). Cultures grew until an OD 600nm of 3 at 30°C and 250 rpm for 31.5 h (dodecane), 32 h (dodec-1-ene), 40 h (dodecane-2-one, C. maltosa ), 290 h ( C. albicans ), 72 h ( C. catenulata ) 47 h ( C. tropicalis ), 189 h ( Y. lipolytica ) and 381 h ( T. asahii ).…”