Space-Saving Yeast.

• Autores: Knvul Sheikh
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 317, Nº. 5, 2017, págs. 17-17
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article reports that according researchers Yarrowia lipolytica, a relative of baker's yeast, can convert astronauts waste products into essential nutrients and plastics that could be used for making tools and survival of the yeast by feeding on a component of human urine.