Ethanol from plants may become cheaper, thanks to insights into fungus metabolism
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 09:31
in Biology & Nature
Efficient industrial fermentation of the plant sugar called xylose is critical to the cost-effective production of biofuels and other chemicals. However, most microorganisms cannot ferment xylose; and industrial microbiologists have yet to expose the secrets behind the extraordinary success of the current microbial champion of xylose fermentation, the fungus Scheffersomyces stipitis.