Analysis of metabolite profiles of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains suitable for butanol production

Butanol has advantages over ethanol as a biofuel. Although butanol is naturally produced by some Clostridium species, clostridial fermentation has inherent characteristics that prevent its industrial application. Butanol-producing Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains may be a solution to this problem. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of wild-type and industrial Brazilian strains of S. cerevisiae to produce n-butanol using glycine as...