G. C. d. G. e. Cunha

The paper develops a fully defined synthetic medium (2SMol) that mimics sugarcane molasses to improve reproducibility and enable component-specific studies in yeast biotechnology.

This study compares the effects of furan derivatives on homofermentative and heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria, finding that heterofermentative strains are less inhibited and can detoxify these compounds more effectively.