xylose
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In the wild, the yeast strain of interest, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, prefers glucose and lacks the ability to metabolize xylose.
From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2024
Glucose and xylose are the two most abundant sugars obtained from the breakdown of plant biomass such as agricultural wastes.
From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2024
The team started with basically a starvation diet of xylose, a sugar, along with formate and CO2.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2019
Schretter et al. found that the walking activity of flies that lacked gut bacteria but had been given xylose isomerase was increased by activation of the genes encoding enzymes needed for the synthesis of octopamine.
From Nature • Oct. 23, 2018
No trace of this substance is obtained from the xylose product.
From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.
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