New Yeasts Could Help Fast-Track Biofuel Production
Date: 6.8.2009
A new **yeast** that makes **ethanol** from both five-carbon and six-carbon sugars without needing oxygen has been developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist.
This could be an important breakthrough in industrial ethanol production, because it’s difficult to control oxygen levels as yeasts ferment sugars into ethanol. The new yeast strain would help alleviate this problem.
Source "Sciencedaily":[ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090801193917.htm]
