Not exact matches
The team gene - edited
yeast to create a new
strain not so different from the
yeast used to brew beer — except, instead of
producing alcohol, this one eats sugar and spits out collagen.
Sourdough cultures contain — along with wild
yeast — one or more
strains of Lactobacillus, which
produce the acids responsible for the «sour.»
While in
yeast, the genome was altered by using
yeast genetic systems and then transplanted to
produce a new
strain of M. mycoides.
«This means that for the first time, chocolate makers have a broad portfolio of different
yeast strains that are all
producing different flavors.
Next, the scientists tested their hypothesis in the widely studied worm Caenorhabditis elegans, and found that a
strain genetically engineered to
produce excess amyloid in their guts survived up to 3 days longer after an exposure to Salmonella and
yeast than typical worms.
To yield more predictable results, most winemakers now use pure active dried
yeast starter
strains that have been
produced by commercial suppliers.
At MIT, scientists have engineered a new
yeast strain that can survive in high levels of sugar and ethanol,
producing 50 percent more ethanol than its natural cousins.
Prather's lab has previously engineered E. coli to
produce glucaric acid by adding three genes — one each from
yeast, mice, and a
strain of bacteria called Pseudomonas syringae.
The researchers also engineered a
yeast strain where a mutant condensin was
produced by the cell when it went into figurative labor.
To determine which
strains yielded increased lifespan, the researchers counted
yeast cells, logging how many daughter cells a mother
produced before it stopped dividing.
In the case of opiatemaking
yeast, such rules might forbid developing
strains to
produce illicit drugs, such as heroin, and require scientists to build in genes that prevent the microbes from living outside of a controlled laboratory environment.
Researchers hoping to mass
produce a drug that combats resistant
strains of malaria have genetically engineered a powerful new ally: a
yeast that synthesizes a precursor to the antimalarial drug artemisinin.
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