Genetic improvement of native xylose-fermenting yeasts for ethanol production

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-20

  Harner, Nicole K ^a   Wen, Xin ^a   Bajwa, Paramjit K ^a   Austin, Glen D ^b   Ho, Chi Yip ^c   Habash, Marc B ^a   Trevors, Jack T ^a   Lee, Hung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b BP Biofuels ^*  (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cofactor imbalance; Genome shuffling; Metabolic engineering; Protoplast fusion; Random mutagenesis; Xylose reductase

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; HEXOSE; MANNOSE; PENTOSE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; XYLOSE; BIOFUEL; FUNGAL DNA;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; BIOMASS CONVERSION; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENOME ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTOPLAST; REVIEW; SCHEFFERSOMYCES; YEAST; BIOMASS; CANDIDA; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PICHIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CANDIDA; DNA, FUNGAL; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; PENTOSES; PICHIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES; XYLOSE; YEASTS;

EID: 84937758548     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1535-z     Document Type: Review

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