Liu Z.L. – TechConnect Briefs

Systems biology and pathway engineering enable Saccharomyces cerevisiae to utilize C-5 and C-6 sugars simultaneously for cellulosic ethanol production

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a traditional industrial workhorse for ethanol production. However, conventional ethanologenic yeast is superior in fermentation of hexose sugars (C-6) such as glucose but unable to utilize pentose sugars (C-5) such as xylose [...]

Lower-cost cellulosic ethanol production using cellobiose fermenting yeast Clavispora NRRL Y-50464

Liu Z.L., Weber S.A., ARS-USDA, US

For ethanol production from cellulosic materials, there are generally two major steps needed including enzymatic hydrolysis to break down biomass sugars and microbial fermentation to convert available simple sugars into ethanol. It often requires two [...]

Tolerant yeast in situ detoxifies major class of toxic chemicals while producing ethanol

Liu Z.L., ARS-USDA, US

Renewable lignocellulosic materials contain abundant sugar source and biofuels conversion including cellulosic ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass provides a sustainable alternative energy resource for a cleaner environment. In order to release the biomass sugars from [...]