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Arabinose and xylose fermentation by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing a fungal pentose utilization

Maurizio Bettiga1, Oskar Bengtsson, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal

  • 1Department of Applied Microbiology, Lund University, PO BOX 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden. maurizio.bettiga@tmb.lth.se.

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