TY - CHAP AU - Burcu Turanlı-Yıldız AU - Burcu Hacısalihoğlu AU - Z. Petek Çakar ED - Candida Lucas ED - Celia Pais Y1 - 2017-12-13 PY - 2017 T1 - Advances in Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the Production of Industrially and Clinically Important Chemicals N2 - Yeast-based biotechnology traditionally regards the empirical production of fermented drinks and leavened bread, processes which surprisingly keep posing challenges and fuelling research. But yeasts nowadays also provide amenable cell factories, producing bulk and fine chemicals and molecules, and are increasingly used as tools in processes as diverse as food preservation or bioremediation. Importantly, yeasts are excellent models of cell and molecular biology for higher eukaryotes, including humans, contributing with key discoveries to understand processes and diseases. All taken, yeast-related business is worth billions, critically contributing to the economical welfare of many differently developed countries. This book provides some insights into aspects of yeast science and biotechnology less frequently addressed in the literature but nonetheless decisive to improve knowledge and, accordingly, boost up yeast-based innovation. BT - Old Yeasts SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.70327 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.70327 SN - 978-953-51-3678-1 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -