iDiverse drives up ethanol yield by 34% with enhanced yeast

Biofuels Digest
Thomas Saidak
July 27, 2012

In California, iDiverse reports discovering a yeast gene that when inserted into yeast and properly modulated can increase ethanol production yield by up to 34%.

“The gene functions by protecting the yeast against some of the lethal stresses encountered in the bioproduction process,” said John Serbin, Chief Business Officer at iDiverse. “Also, our technology is ready to be used in applications beyond fuel ethanol. Those include the bioproduction of industrial enzymes, research reagents, and pharmaceuticals. Our technology will provide benefits to biomanufacturing cell types beyond yeast, such as CHO, insect, fungal, and algal cells.”

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