Numerous metabolic engineering strategies have allowed yeasts to efficiently assimilate
xylose, the second most abundant sugar component of lignocellulosic biomass. During the …

Yeasts have a long-standing relationship with humankind that has widened in recent years
to encompass production of diverse foods, beverages, fuels and medicines. Here, key …

Beneficial microbial associations enhance the fitness of most living organisms, and wood-
feeding insects offer some of the most striking examples of this. Odontotaenius disjunctus is …

Spore characteristics of wood-inhabiting fungi suggest that wind is their predominant
dispersal vector. However, since they are restricted to ephemeral habitats, colonizing new …

Efficient bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass is one of the key challenges for the
production of bioethanol and chemicals. Therefore, the present work focuses on finding a …

Background: Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nail that is often recalcitrant to
treatment and prone to relapse. Traditional potassium hydroxide and culture diagnosis is …

Xylitol is a five-carbon polyol of economic interest that can be produced by microbial xylose
reduction from renewable resources. The current study sought to investigate the potential of …

The search for increased efficiency and lower costs for second-generation (2G) bioethanol
production is generated by concerns regarding food safety and crop expansion, because the …

Demands for clean and sustainable processes and products that are environmentally
friendly are challenging biotechnologists to develop new strategies to produce fuels and …

Yeasts not belonging to species of the Saccharomyces genus, called nonconventional
yeasts, have gained prominence recently in the biotechnological scenario. For many years …