Posted on 10/03/2014 5:25:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Chalmers University scientists have confirmed the fact that yeast growth can be facilitated by simple mutations at higher temperatures. This inference can have larger consequences for the production of biofuels and ethanol. The study also made extensive ethanol production easy for Altered Sterol Composition Renders Yeast thermotolerant as well as production of bio-fuels.
They further told that in recent times, during the process of yeast cultivation the vats temperature should be maintained low on scales so that the heat which is produced by them may not destroy the cells. They also suggested the temperature favorable for ethanol production. According to their analysis the temperature should be maintained at 30 degrees Celsius. Moreover raw materials required for the process are gained from starch breakdown process which produces optimum results at 40 degree Celsius.
The research was lead by the professor of systems biology, Jens Nielsen. According to her opinion, to make the yeast thermotolerant the only requirement is a basic mutation. He further explained that ergosterol, which is found in yeast cell membranes if get mutated for–a more “bent” molecule called fecosterol makes the yeast thermotolerant.
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Moonshiners with illegal stills have known of this process for 300 years!
Sounds like it would also be good for making beer that does not get skunky.
Beer gets skunky because light interacts with the hop compounds. Alcohol or yeast has nothing to do with it.
righto......green glass and 15 minutes of sunlight.....whammo, you got moosehead.
Just what we need! More government degradation of gasoline.
That is why brown bottles is classical for beer. They preserve if better.
Ethanol bad, Butanol good.
Using ethanol as a fuel is inefficient as it take more energy to make than is recovered in using it as a fuel especially if you consider the energy needed to produce and transport the corn. Ethanol also has 40% less energy per gallon than gasoline so ethanol based motor fuels deliver fewer miles per gallon. Lastly the entire ethanol industry is based on government subsidy from planting the corn to pumping it into your tank. Without all the government subsidies ethanol fuels would make $4 per gallon gasoline look cheap. We would be far better off to develop the vast oil and natural gas resources we have in this country than to continue this ethanol boondoggle.
Rub some Monistat on your Prius to clear up that yeast infection.
Ethanol is hard on your car, and does not give as good gas mileage as without it....some things just do not make sense.
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