New yeast strain produces ethanol more efficiently
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers are using the tools of synthetic biology to engineer new microbes as an alternative to yeast that can quickly and efficiently forment complex sugars into advanced biofuels. Photo credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Roy Kaltschmidt
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The biofuel industry stands to benefit from the development of a new variety of yeast which produces ethanol from plant products more efficiently. Engineered by combining two existing yeast species, the new strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar commonly found in plants to produce ethanol.
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