Development of Yeast Saccharomyces Platform for the Production of Biofuels and Bio-based Products
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Author list: Songdech P.; Soontorngun N.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Publication year: 2025
Volume number: 2025
Start page: 77
End page: 90
Number of pages: 14
ISSN: 2367-1017
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
Abstract
Saccharomyces stems from saccharon (sugar) and myces (fungus). The budding yeast S. cerevisiae is a eukaryotic cell with a thick layer of cell wall made up of beta glucan network and small proportion of polysaccharide chitin. As a unicellular eukaryotic model organism, it is often used in the field of modern biotechnology. This characteristic feature of yeast’s cell wall makes it a good carrier with a long release time. With 12,068 kilobases (kb) over 16 chromosomes, it is the first eukaryotic organism to be sequenced. Because of its comparable cell structure to human cells, S. cerevisiae is well-known in the field of medical research applications. S. cerevisiae can grow in either haploid or diploid form. It takes basic dietary need for growth and is easy to cultivate in typical laboratory conditions. It comes in the shape of a round to ovoid through budding mechanisms. Furthermore, S. cerevisiae has the capacity to develop in both aerobic and anaerobic environments. The yeast S. cerevisiae performs the most prevalent type of fermentation (alcoholic fermentation), and it consumes various types of sugars depending on how it grows. Galactose and fructose are the best fermenting sugars for aerobic growth for the yeast S. cerevisiae. Owing to such property, S. cerevisiae displays high potential for industrial applications such as in biofuel and biochemical production. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
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