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Comparative genomics of xylose-fermenting fungi for enhanced biofuel production.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Aug 2011
Wohlbach Dana J, Kuo Alan, Sato Trey K, Potts Katlyn M, Salamov Asaf A, Labutti Kurt M, Sun Hui, Clum Alicia, Pangilinan Jasmyn L, Lindquist Erika A, Lucas Susan, Lapidus Alla, Jin Mingjie, Gunawan Christa, Balan Venkatesh, Dale Bruce E, Jeffries Thomas W, Zinkel Robert, Barry Kerrie W, Grigoriev Igor V, Gasch Audrey P
Abstract excerpt
Cellulosic biomass is an abundant and underused substrate for biofuel production. The inability of many microbes to metabolize the pentose sugars abundant within hemicellulose creates specific challenges for microbial biofuel production from cellulosic material. Although engineered strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae can use the pentose xylose, the fermentative capacity pales in comparison with glucose, limiting...
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