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Xylulose fermentation by mutant and wild-type strains of Zygosaccharomyces and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Apr 2000
Eliasson A, Boles E, Johansson B, Osterberg M, Thevelein J M, Spencer-Martins I, Juhnke H, Hahn-Hägerdal B
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Anaerobic xylulose fermentation was compared in strains of Zygosaccharomyces and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mutants and wild-type strains to identify host-strain background and genetic modifications beneficial to xylose fermentation. Overexpression of the gene (XKS1) for the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) enzyme xylulokinase (XK) increased the ethanol yield by almost 85% and resulted in ethanol yields [0.61...
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