Nature's palette reinvented: New fermentation breakthrough in sustainable food coloring
Researchers from The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain) have developed an innovative fermentation process that produces natural betalain-type food colors. This groundbreaking technology is set to revolutionize the food color industry by offering a more sustainable and efficient alternative to traditional extraction methods.
High-throughput mass spectrometry platform enables in-situ screening of fatty-acid-producing strains
Mass spectrometry (MS) is a valuable analytical tool for high-throughput screening due to its speed, high resolution, and sensitivity. Recently, researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have developed a high-throughput MS platform that enables in-situ screening of fatty acid-producing strains.
Antidepressant from engineered fungus. Transferring the
#biosynthetic pathway of the
#antidepressant orcinol glucoside from
#Curculigo orchioides into
#Yarrowia lipolytica results in yields >6400x higher than from its natural plant source
#PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3J0Px3T
Production of the antidepressant orcinol glucoside in Yarrowia lipolytica with yields over 6,400-fold higher than plant extraction
This study deciphers the biosynthetic pathway of the antidepressant orcinol glucoside from Curculigo orchioides and engineers the production of orcinol glucoside in Yarrowia lipolytica with yields over 6,400-fold higher than that extracted from its natural plant source.
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