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Published on: 2/21/2008
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Head of Research Dr. Phillip Bell and Head of Operations Dr. Paul Attfield at MicroBioGen Pty.
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"Humans have used breeding successfully through the ages to improve crops and farm animals, etc., without needing to know the detailed genetic basis for the characteristics they've sought," Bell said.
"For this reason, a natural selection (breeding) approach seems to make sense," Bell added.
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"It is important to note that Microbiogen's naturally enhanced yeast strains are already capable of using xylose very efficiently," said Bell.
He said the company is already in a position to commence trials of the latest versions of the second generation strains.