Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Genetically-modified bacteria for conversion of organic compounds to butanol and methods of use
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Application No.: US16934359Application Date: 2020-07-21
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Publication No.: US11466296B2Publication Date: 2022-10-11
- Inventor: Adam M. Guss , Lauren A. Riley
- Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TN Oak Ridge
- Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
- Current Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Oak Ridge
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Main IPC: C12P7/16
- IPC: C12P7/16 ; C12N9/02 ; C12N1/20 ; C12R1/01
Abstract:
This disclosure provides a genetically-modified bacterium from the genus Megasphaera that comprises an exogenous nucleic acid encoding a bifunctional aldehyde/alcohol dehydrogenase that produces butanol as the final product. The disclosure further provides methods for producing butanol using such genetically-modified bacterium.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210024965A1 ENGINEERED MICROBES FOR CONVERSION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS TO BUTANOL AND METHODS OF USE Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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