Fermentation of lactose to bio-ethanol by yeasts as part of integrated solutions for the valorisation of cheese whey

PMR Guimarães, JA Teixeira, L Domingues - Biotechnology advances, 2010 - Elsevier
Cheese whey, the main dairy by-product, is increasingly recognized as a source of many
bioactive valuable compounds. Nevertheless, the most abundant component in whey is …

Past, present, and future perspectives on whey as a promising feedstock for bioethanol production by yeast

J Zou, X Chang - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Concerns about fossil fuel depletion and the environmental effects of greenhouse gas
emissions have led to widespread fermentation-based production of bioethanol from corn …

Genetics and molecular physiology of the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis

R Schaffrath, KD Breunig - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2000 - Elsevier
With the recent development of powerful molecular genetic tools, Kluyveromyces lactis has
become an excellent alternative yeast model organism for studying the relationships …

Regulations of sugar transporters: insights from yeast

J Horák - Current genetics, 2013 - Springer
Transport across the plasma membrane is the first step at which nutrient supply is tightly
regulated in response to intracellular needs and often also rapidly changing external …

Yeast on the milky way: genetics, physiology and biotechnology of Kluyveromyces lactis

R Rodicio, JJ Heinisch - Yeast, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The milk yeast Kluyveromyces lactis has a life cycle similar to that of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae and can be employed as a model eukaryote using classical genetics, such as the …

Ethanol production from cheese whey permeate by Kluyveromyces marxianus UFV-3: a flux analysis of oxido-reductive metabolism as a function of lactose …

WB Silveira, FJV Passos, HC Mantovani… - Enzyme and Microbial …, 2005 - Elsevier
In order to investigate the effect of lactose concentration and oxygen level on the growth and
metabolism of Kluyveromyces marxianus UFV-3 in cheese whey permeate, batch cultures …

Yeast cell factories for sustainable whey-to-ethanol valorisation towards a circular economy

P Carvalho, CE Costa, SIL Baptista, L Domingues - 2021 - repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt
Cheese whey is the major by-product of the dairy industry, and its disposal constitutes an
environmental concern. The production of cheese whey has been increasing, with 190 …

Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for lactose/whey fermentation

L Domingues, PMR Guimarães, C Oliveira - Bioengineered bugs, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Lactose is an interesting carbon source for the production of several bio-products by
fermentation, primarily because it is the major component of cheese whey, the main by …

Why does Kluyveromyces lactis not grow under anaerobic conditions? Comparison of essential anaerobic genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with the …

IS Ishtar Snoek, H Yde Steensma - FEMS yeast research, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Although some yeast species, eg Saccharomyces cerevisiae, can grow under anaerobic
conditions, Kluyveromyces lactis cannot. In a systematic study, we have determined which S …

Fungal alcohol dehydrogenases: Physiological function, molecular properties, regulation of their production, and biotechnological potential

JF Gutiérrez-Corona, GA González-Hernández… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fungal alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) participate in growth under aerobic or anaerobic
conditions, morphogenetic processes, and pathogenesis of diverse fungal genera. These …