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Scientists looking for unusual cellulose-digesting enzymes, called cellulases, have found one that works at a higher temperature, 109 degrees Celsius, than any others found to date. The cellulase comes from an Archaea found in a Nevada hot spring.
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Researchers expand yeast’s sugary diet to include plant fiber
September 9, 2010:
Yeast cells don’t normally eat complex sugars or carbohydrates, only simple sugars like glucose and sucrose. UC Berkeley’s Jamie Cate and colleagues have now added genes to yeast that allow it to eat more complex sugars, called cellodextrins. These yeast could find use in the biofuels industry, which hopes to use cellulosic plant fibers to make alcohol.
