News tagged with fermentable sugar
Pest insects to help produce ethanol
Pest insects in tropical rainforests can be a valuable natural asset. So believes Lisbeth Olsson, who is hunting for new enzymes in partnership with Vietnamese researchers.
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Same fungus, different strains
Fungi play key roles in nature and are valued for their great importance in industry. Consider citric acid, a key additive in several foods and pharmaceuticals produced on a large-scale basis for decades with ...
May 13, 2011 |
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Scientists overcome major obstacles to cellulosic biofuel production
A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is relatively easy to ferment; ...
Dec 27, 2010 |
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Seaweed as biofuel? Metabolic engineering makes it a viable option
Is red seaweed a viable future biofuel? Now that a University of Illinois metabolic engineer has developed a strain of yeast that can make short work of fermenting galactose, the answer is an unequivocal yes.
Dec 15, 2010 |
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New yeast can ferment more sugar, make more cellulosic ethan
(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University scientists have improved a strain of yeast that can produce more biofuel from cellulosic plant material by fermenting all five types of the plant's sugars.
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Wine-making yeast shows promise for bioethanol production
Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that might be important for ethanol production from plant material, providing insights into the bioeth ...
May 13, 2010 |
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More economical process for making ethanol from nonfood sources
Scientists in Wisconsin are reporting discovery of a way to lower the cost of converting wood, corn stalks and leaves, switch grass, and other non-food biomass materials into ethanol fuel. They describe their ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
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New bacteria strain points the way toward 'super sourdough' bread
What better venue than San Francisco -- sourdough capital of the world -- to unveil a new natural sourdough ingredient that could replace conventional additives in a variety of other breads, while making them ...
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Researchers Create First Synthetic Cellulosome in Yeast
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside (UCR) Professor of Chemical Engineering Wilfred Chen has constructed for the first time a synthetic cellulosome in yeast, which is much more ...
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Genome sequence published for important biofuels yeast
(PhysOrg.com) -- A strain of yeast that thrives on turning sugar cane into ethanol for biofuel has had its genome completely sequenced by researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
Oct 06, 2009 |
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New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments
They've been dubbed "grassoline" - second generation biofuels made from inedible plant material, including fast-growing weeds, agricultural waste, sawdust, etc. - and numerous scientific studies have shown ...
Jul 10, 2009 |
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