Diversity of Non-Conventional Yeasts (NCY)

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Which yeast cell factory is highlighted as an emerging option for applications in food and biotechnology?

  • Pichia pastoris
  • Komagataella phaffii
  • Kluyveromyces marxianus (correct)
  • Rhodosporidium toruloides IFO0880

Which database is mentioned for studying gene and genomic transcription regulation in non-conventional yeasts?

  • DBpedia
  • Scopus
  • Yeastract and Communityyeastract (correct)
  • NCBI

Which yeast is known as a methanol devouring biotech yeast and was formerly recognized as Pichia pastoris?

  • Rhodosporidium toruloides IFO0880
  • Kluyveromyces marxianus
  • Kluyveromyces lactis
  • Komagataella phaffii (correct)

What is the focus of the study in the Metab Eng Commun 2019 paper?

<p>Development of a comprehensive genome-scale model for Rhodosporidium toruloides IFO0880 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which paper discussed the development of synthetic biology tools to engineer Pichia pastoris as a chassis for natural product production?

<p>Development of synthetic biology tools to engineer Pichia pastoris: from transcriptionally redesigned strains to bioprocess optimization and metabolic modelling (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which paper provides insights into recombinant protein production in Pichia pastoris and includes topics like bioprocess optimization and metabolic modeling?

<p>Recombinant protein production in Pichia pastoris: from transcriptionally redesigned strains to bioprocess optimization and metabolic modelling (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of limiting anaerobic digestion to the first three stages?

<p>Production of VFAs (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What determines the prevalence of different VFAs in the anaerobic digestion process?

<p>The composition of the substrate and conditions of the reactor (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What technology is VFA production considered to be?

<p>A novel technology (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main research effort of YEAST4BIO?

<p>Advancing the understanding of how feedstock composition affects VFA profiles (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are NCY more efficient at converting than S. cerevisiae?

<p>Converting carbon sources from VFAs (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the most typical bioproduct associated with yeast?

<p>Ethanol (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of the research efforts within the YEAST4BIO community?

<p>Developing economically-viable production processes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is needed to reach the goal of developing economically-viable production processes?

<p>More knowledge on NCY metabolism, genetics, and physiology (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the unique nature of each biotechnology process?

<p>It increases the complexity and difficulty of scale-up (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who provided the illustration for this article?

<p>Karl Persson at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the basis for this article?

<p>Work from COST Action Yeast4Bio (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who supported COST Action Yeast4Bio?

<p>European Cooperation in Science and Technology (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What group of organisms is exceptionally diverse in terms of phylogenetic span?

<p>Non-conventional yeasts (NCY) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which carbon sources can NCY utilize apart from glucose?

<p>Monosaccharides and disaccharides (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bioprocess-induced stresses are some NCY species highly tolerant to?

<p>Low pH, elevated temperatures, and high osmolarities (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What makes some NCY species superior to S.cerevisiae?

<p>Ability to accumulate metabolites and synthesize recombinant proteins (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which oleaginous yeasts can accumulate lipids up to 60%–70% of their biomass?

<p>Rhodotorula glutinis and Lipomyces starkeyi (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT true about hemiascomycetous yeasts?

<p>They are less diverse than NCY (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following publications discusses the use of microalgae biomass as a potential feedstock for the carboxylate platform?

<p>Magdalena JA, González-Fernández C. Microalgae biomass as a potential feedstock for the carboxylate platform. Molecules 2019;24:4404. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which publication discusses the physiological characterization of Debaryomyces hansenii in controlled bioreactors?

<p>Navarrete C, Frost AT, Ramos-Moreno L et al. A physiological characterization in controlled bioreactors reveals a novel survival strategy for debaryomyces hansenii at high salinity. Yeast 2021;38:302–15. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which publication discusses the use of non-conventional yeast species for stress tolerance traits desirable in bioethanol fermentation?

<p>Mukherjee V, Radecka D, Aerts G et al. Phenotypic landscape of non-conventional yeast species for different stress tolerance traits desirable in bioethanol fermentation. Biotechnol Biofuels 2017;10:216. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which publication discusses the reconstruction and analysis of a Kluyveromyces marxianus genome-scale metabolic model?

<p>Marcišauskas S, Ji B, Nielsen J. Reconstruction and analysis of a kluyveromyces marxianus genome-scale metabolic model. BMC Bioinformatics 2019;20:1–9. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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