This is also a type of alcohol that can be made by fermenting sugar (though the fermentation is done by a species of bacterium rather than by yeast), and it has some advantages over ethanol.
That was where all the fruit and vegetables from this extensive kitchen garden went – into the fermentation bins of Janus Brian's home-brewing kits".
"With cancer cells, they can only produce the energy they need to grow via fermentation, which requires glucose.
AJ At a time when everything is kimchi this and fermentation that, there's still a place for old-school pampering.
Dr Crow, a physician with an interest in chemistry, was an early researcher into the distillation and maturation of whisky, and is credited with refining the use of "sour mash setback", a way to achieve consistent batches of the mash which, after fermentation is complete, is then distilled.
Both starch and cellulose consist of sugar molecules, linked together in different ways, and sugar is what fermentation feeds on.
Biocon claims to be the first company to get approval in America to use solid-state fermentation for manufacturing statins, a group of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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Paradoxically, fermentation can also make food safer to consume: for centuries in Europe it was easier to find potable beer than water.
Finally, tweak the enzymes to make them do their jobs better, and stitch their genes into the microbe being used as a fermentation factory.Ten years ago such an endeavour would have been unimaginable.
