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Genetically Modified Yeast Can Ferment 5-carbon Sugars from Biomass to Ethanol
Professor Eckhard Boles at the Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany and his colleagues have genetically modified the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to express a newly identified enzyme to enable the fermentation of xylose (a 5-carbon sugar) as well 6-carbon sugars (e.g., glucose). A paper on their work appeared online 13 February in the journal Applied Environmental Microbiology. - Read More
Tags : biofuels ethanol microbes genetic engineering
Topics : Bioenergy