中文摘要：

马克斯克鲁维酵母Kluyveromyces marxianus是目前研究较为广泛的一种非传统酵母,因其耐高温、生长速率快、底物谱广等诸多优势而越来越多地应用于工业生物技术领域.马克斯克鲁维酵母可以分泌菊粉酶、β-半乳糖苷酶等多种应用广泛的水解酶类;还可以利用菊粉类原料、乳清、糖蜜以及木糖等多种非粮底物生产乙醇;其在外源蛋白的分泌以及基因工程操作等工业分子生物学领域也取得了突破.现主要对近年来马克斯克鲁维酵母在产酶、乙醇发酵、分泌外源蛋白等诸多工业生物技术领域的研究进展及存在的挑战进行综述,为进一步推动马克斯克鲁维酵母在工业生物技术中的应用奠定基础.

英文摘要：

Kluyveromyces marxianus is a kind of ＂non-conventional＂ yeasts that have been studied widely. For its advantages of high temperature resistance, rapid growth and the capacity to utilize various substrates, there are increasing applications in the industrial biotechnology. K. marxianus is able to produce kinds of hydrolase, such as inulinase and β-galactosidase etc. And ethanol can also be achieved by K. marxianus from inulin, wheey, molasses, xylose and so on. Some advances have also been made in the molecular biology research of K. marxianus. Conseqeuntly, some significant research progresses in applications of enzyme secretion, ethanol fermentation, heterologous proteins production by K. marxianus in recent years were reviewed to facilitate further applications of K. marxianus in the industrial biotechnology.