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Open AccessUse of ambr®250 to assess mucic acid production in fed-batch cultures of a marine Trichoderma sp. D-221704
Mucic acid, a diacid with potential use in the food, cosmetic, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, can be produced by microbial conversion of D-galacturonic acid, which is abundant in pectin. Using the ambr®2...
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Open AccessEngineering marine fungi for conversion of d-galacturonic acid to mucic acid
Two marine fungi, a Trichoderma sp. and a Coniochaeta sp., which can grow on d-galacturonic acid and pectin, were selected as hosts to engineer for mucic acid production, assessing the suitability of marine fungi...
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Open AccessGrowth of marine fungi on polymeric substrates
Marine fungi are a diverse group of opportunistic and obligate organisms isolated from marine environments. These fungi are now often included in screens for novel metabolites, while less attention has been gi...
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Open AccessProduction of scopularide A in submerged culture with Scopulariopsis brevicaulis
Marine organisms produce many novel compounds with useful biological activity, but are currently underexploited. Considerable research has been invested in the study of compounds from marine bacteria, and seve...
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Open AccessOxygen dependence of metabolic fluxes and energy generation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CEN.PK113-1A
The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is able to adjust to external oxygen availability by utilizing both respirative and fermentative metabolic modes. Adjusting the metabolic mode involves alteration of the intrace...
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Open AccessTranscription of hexose transporters of Saccharomyces cerevisiaeis affected by change in oxygen provision
The gene family of hexose transporters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae consists of 20 members; 18 genes encoding transporters (HXT1-HXT17, GAL2) and two genes encoding sensors (SNF3, RGT2). The effect of oxygen provi...
