Please refer to the case number cited below. Models can be used to simulate industrial fermentation processes and to modulate or specifically direct changes that will enhance the yield of desirable products. Use of this mutant will greatly enhance the value of commercial lactate fermentation. Rhizopus sp , are able to ferment starch directly and grow at a low pH in an inexpensive salts medium. Recovery of the lactic acid will be much simpler and less expensive using this organism.
Microsatellite markers are gene products that can facilitate the mapping of genes.
The present invention uses a PCR-based enrichment protocol, which allows rapid and specific identification of single locus microsatellite markers. Use of this invention will greatly facilitate genetic mapping. However, flea beetles cause serious economic problems for canola production. The plant species Arabidopsis thaliana , a close relative of canola, provides an experimentally tractable genetic system that can be used to identify genes causing resistance to flea beetles. We have identified molecular markers with significant genetic linkages to flea beele resistance.