Hybridization and adaptive evolution of diverse Saccharomyces species for cellulosic biofuel production.
David PerisRyan V MoriartyWilliam G AlexanderEmilyClare BakerKayla SylvesterMaria SardiQuinn K LangdonDiego LibkindQi-Ming WangFeng-Yan BaiJean-Baptiste LeducqGuillaume CharronChristian R LandryJosé Paulo SampaioPaula GonçalvesKatie E HymaJustin C FayTrey K SatoChris Todd HittingerPublished in: Biotechnology for biofuels (2017)
This research demonstrates that hybridization is a viable method to combine industrially relevant traits from diverse yeast species and that members of the genus Saccharomyces beyond S. cerevisiae may offer advantageous genes and traits of interest to the lignocellulosic biofuel industry.