Let them eat xylose: Yeast engineered to grow efficiently on novel nutrients

Let them eat xylose: Yeast engineered to grow efficiently on novel nutrients Researchers have created a genetically modified yeast that can more efficiently consume a novel nutrient, xylose, enabling the yeast to grow faster and to higher cell densities, raising the prospect of a significantly faster path toward the design of new synthetic organisms for industrial applications, according to a new study. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J