Issatchenkia orientalis3-

Shih-I Tan1,2,3, Sarang S Bhagwat2,3,4, Teresa A Martin1,2,3

  • 1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.

Nature communications
|January 9, 2026
PubMed
まとめ

我々は、主要なバイオプラスチック前駆体である3-ヒドロキシプロピオン酸(3HP)の持続可能な生産のために、Issatchenkia orientalis酵母をエンジニアリングしました。この耐酸性酵母は高収率を達成し、バイオ製造のコスト効率を高めました。

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