News tagged with yeast strain

Scientists overcome major obstacles to cellulosic biofuel production

A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is relatively easy to ferment; ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 27, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Bioengineers develop bacterial strain to increase ethanol biofuel production

A team of Bioengineers in the United States have modified a strain of bacteria to increase its ability to produce ethanol. The research, published in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, reveals how adaptation and metabolic engine ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Synthetic biology research on biofuels has a mathematical angle

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University at Buffalo chemist is applying a common mathematical concept to synthetic biology research aimed at finding ways to boost biofuels production.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New yeast can ferment more sugar, make more cellulosic ethan

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University scientists have improved a strain of yeast that can produce more biofuel from cellulosic plant material by fermenting all five types of the plant's sugars.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic patterns rise from huge yeast samples

Princeton University scientists have developed a new way to identify the hidden genetic material responsible for complex traits, a breakthrough they believe ultimately could lead to a deeper understanding ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genomes of biofuel yeasts reveal clues that could boost fuel ethanol production

As global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future. An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in two studies published online in Genome Re ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Genome sequence published for important biofuels yeast

(PhysOrg.com) -- A strain of yeast that thrives on turning sugar cane into ethanol for biofuel has had its genome completely sequenced by researchers at Duke University Medical Center.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Commercial yeasts upgraded with an enzyme for biofuel production

Eckhard Boles, co-founder of the Swiss biofuel company Butalco GmbH and a professor at Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany, has discovered a new enzyme which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose into ethanol. Xylose ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How cells handle broken chromosomes

(PhysOrg.com) -- After being recognized and initially processed by the cellular machinery, the broken chromosome is extensively scanned for homology and the break itself is later tethered to the nuclear envelope. Thus the ...

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created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

On the origin of subspecies

Scientists have sequenced over seventy strains of yeast, the greatest number of genomes for any species.

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created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1