DOI 10.1007/s00253-005-1994-2 MINI-REVIEW

have contributed at an accelerated rate to the introduction of new products to satisfy nutritional, socio-economic and quality requirements. With the emergence of modern mo-lecular genetics, the industrial importance of Saccharomy-ces cerevisiae, is continuously extended. The demand for suitable genetically modified (GM) S. cerevisiae strains for the biofuel, bakery and beverage industries or for…