Lignocellulose is the most abundant biomass available on Earth. It has attracted
considerable attention as an alternate feed stock and energy resource because of the large …

Lignocellulosic materials containing cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin as their main
constituents are the most abundant renewable organic resource present on Earth. The …

Many yeast species have growth rates on d-xylulose of 25–130% of those on glucose, but
for Saccharomyces cerevisiae this ratio is only about 6%. The xylulokinase reaction has …

Rapid and effective consumption of d-xylose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae is essential for
cost-efficient cellulosic bioethanol production. Hence, heterologous d-xylose metabolic …

The catabolism of d-galactose in yeast depends on the enzymes of the Leloir pathway. In
contrast, Aspergillus nidulans mutants in galactokinase (galE) can still grow on d-galactose …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the concept of microbial pentose utilization. An
interest in transforming vast reserves of renewable plant biomass to fuel and chemical …

Lactose is at present the only soluble carbon source which can be used economically for the
production by Hypocrea jecorina (= Trichoderma reesei) of cellulases or heterologous …

The thermophilic mould Malbranchea pulchella var. sulfurea TMD-8 produced extracellular
xylanases in wheat straw hemicellulose as well as wheat straw. This mould utilized xylose …

Aims: To clone and identify a gene (CmXYL3) coding d‐xylulokinase from Candida maltosa
Xu316 and understand its physiological function. Methods and Results: Based on the …

The gut of insects and plant tissues are productive sources for the isolation of undescribed
species of yeasts. In particular, the gut of lignicolous insects is colonized by yeasts that can …