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Why is S. cerevisiae is used to derive butanol?

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Why is S. cerevisiae is used to derive butanol?

(a) It has high growth rate

(b) It can overcome toxicity

(c) Changes its own cell wall composition in response to toxicity

(d) High tolerance to butanol

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The origin of the question is Microbial Production of Fuels topic in portion Bioleaching and Biomining for Recovery of Resources of Environmental Biotechnology

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Right option is (d) High tolerance to butanol

To explain I would say: S. cerevisiae has high toluene level and produces butanol through fermentation of carbohydrates while the other options like high growth rate, overcoming toxicity and changing of the cell wall composition is related to E. Coli, Pseudomonas putida and bacillus subtilis respectively and not related to s. cerevisiae.

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