Developing an efficient organism to ferment xylose is one of the technical challenges in the cellulosic ethanol production.Native xylose-fermenting yeasts are widely studied for this purpose.

• 摘要开发能有效利用木糖的微生物是纤维素乙醇生产的关键问题之一，能发酵木糖的天然酵母得到了广泛的研究。