Yeasts, usually defined as unicellular fungi, occur in various fungal lineages. Hence, they
are not a taxonomic unit, but rather represent a fungal lifestyle shared by several unrelated …

Currently, the fermentation technology for recycling agriculture waste for generation of
alternative renewable biofuels is getting more and more attention because of the …

Yeasts of the Spathaspora clade have the ability to convert d‐xylose to ethanol and/or xylitol.
This is an important trait, as these yeasts may be used to produce bioethanol from …

Background Efficient bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to bioethanol is one of key
challenges in the situation of increasing bioethanol demand. The ethanologenic microbes …

Tropical rainforests and related biomes are found in Asia, Australia, Africa, Central and
South America, Mexico, and many Pacific Islands. These biomes encompass less than 20 …

Sixteen yeast isolates identified as belonging to the genus Sugiyamaella were studied in
relation to D-xylose fermentation, xylitol production, and xylanase activities. The yeasts were …

Yeasts play different roles in the decomposition of plant materials, actively participating as
producers of hydrolytic enzymes or as transient fungi that use products released during …

Four isolates of Spathaspora species were recovered from rotting wood collected in two
Brazilian Amazonian biomes. The isolates produced unconjugated allantoid asci with a …

Spathaspora is an important genus of d-xylose-fermenting yeasts that are poorly studied in
China. During recent yeast collections in Yunnan Province in China, 13 isolates of …

Three thermotolerant yeasts capable of producing more than 7 g/L of ethanol from 30 g/L
xylose were isolated. Molecular identification using ribosomal DNA internal transcribed …