Phenotypic characterisation of Saccharomyces spp. yeast for tolerance to stresses encountered during fermentation of lignocellulosic residues to produce bioethanol

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wimalasena, Tithira T ^a   Greetham, Darren ^a   Marvin, Marcus E ^b   Liti, Gianni ^c   Chandelia, Yogeshwar ^a   Hart, Andrew ^a   Louis, Edward J ^b   Phister, Trevor G ^a,e   Tucker, Gregory A ^a   Smart, Katherine A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d Group Brewing Research   (South Africa)

^e PEPSICO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Fermentation; Phenotypic microarray; Saccharomyces spp.

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; FORMIC ACID; FOSSIL FUEL; FURFURAL; LEVULINIC ACID; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PENTOSE; VANILLIN; XYLOSE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS FERMENTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES ARBORICOLUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES KUDRIAVZEVII; SACCHAROMYCES PARADOXUS; SACCHAROMYCES UVARUM; STRESS; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; LIGNIN; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84897932828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-47     Document Type: Article

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