Let them eat xylose: Yeast engineered to grow efficiently on novel nutrients

Researchers have created a genetically modified yeast that can more efficiently consume a novel nutrient, xylose, enabling the yeast to grow faster and to higher cell densities, raising the prospect of a significantly faster path toward the design of new synthetic organisms for industrial applications, according to a new study.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180326090324.htm

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