Engineers develop new yeast strain to enhance biofuel and biochemical production
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 06:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have used a combination of metabolic engineering and directed evolution to develop a new, mutant yeast strain that could lead to a more efficient biofuel production process that would make biofuels more economically competitive with conventional fuels. Their findings were published online in the journal Metabolic Engineering in March.