Sentences with phrase «ferment xylose»

However, the ability to ferment xylose could lead to biofuel production that does not compete with the food supply.

These strains of yeast have the ability to grow anaerobically on xylose at rates equivalent to those on glucose, to consume > 95 percent of the xylose present, even under toxic conditions, and to ferment this xylose to ethanol at high yield.

The ability to ferment xylose can be a path to biofuel production that does not compete with the food supply.

The figure below shows the performance of a xylose utilizing yeast biocatalyst for fermenting a xylose under two conditions: 1) a condition where xylose is the primary sugar present (in this case hemicellulose isolated from pretreated hardwood, and 2) a condition where xylose and glucose are present at approximately equal levels (in this case a hydrolysate generated from a pretreated agricultural waste).