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Table 3 Sugar utilization by ScF2 and its parental strains

From: Improved ethanol production by a xylose-fermenting recombinant yeast strain constructed through a modified genome shuffling method

 

S. cerevisiae

ScF2

P. stipitis

control

-

-

-

Hexoses

   

glucose

+++

++

++

fructose

+

+++

++

galactose

±

+

+

raffinose

±

-

-

mannose

+

+

++

rhamnose

±

+

+

Pentose

   

xylose

-

+++

++

L-arabinose

-

±

±

D-arabinose

-

-

-

ribose

-

±

±

Disaccharides

   

sucrose

+

+

++

lactose

-

-

±

cellobiose

-

+++

++

Maltose

+

++

+

  1. -, not growth; ±, feeble growth; +, slow growth; ++, moderate growth; +++, fast growth.