Sentences with phrase «ferment plant sugars»

Plus, this process, reported in Nature, works faster than the several days it takes Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast to ferment plant sugars into ethanol, because it is chemically controlled and therefore can be completed in hours.

Yeast and other microbes can ferment plant sugars into ethanol, a gasoline additive.

Not exact matches

The yeast ferments sugar to make real milk proteins (casein and whey), which are then combined with plant - based fats and nutrients to get milk that is lactose free.

Mr Douglas, who founded the business with fellow executive Drew Bilbe, said it had taken six years of development to arrive at the right combination of sweet - tasting flavour using a combination of natural sweeteners from the stevia plant and erythritol, which is fermented from natural plant sugars.

When grains such as barley or hops are fermented by yeast, the grain's sugars, protein and nutrients will be stripped, leaving behind plant fibres known as lignin.

«The challenge is breaking down cellulose (plant) material, using enzymes, into sugars that can be fermented into ethanol,» he said.

Engineers must first remove the lignin to get to the sugar - rich cellulose in plants, which they ferment into alcohol - based fuel.

(6) Because psyllium is less fermented than other plant fibers, it causes less flatulence than other plant sugars, starches, and fibers.

Other flavors such as flowers, barks, spices and herbs may contain less sugar, though yeast on some plants, such as chamomile, can also activate a second ferment.

Not biodiesel, conventional diesel fuel: The plant will have a capacity of more than 10,000 gallons per year and will, using synthetic biology, reengineer microbes so that yeast can ferment sugar to produce hydrocarbons instead of ethanol.