Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Alcoholic fermentation yeast and method for producing ethanol using same
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Application No.: US14539382Application Date: 2014-11-12
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Publication No.: US09617565B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Natsuki Maekawa , Yasuhiko Katoh , Takafumi Kiuchi , Praneetrattananon Suthasinee , Shinji Okamoto , Kazuko Hirayama , Syunsuke Miyaoka , Hideaki Tadanobu , Masahiko Sudo
- Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD. , EHIME PREFECTURE
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Ehime
- Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD.,EHIME PREFECTURE
- Current Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD.,EHIME PREFECTURE
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Ehime
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-175712 20100804
- Main IPC: C12P7/16
- IPC: C12P7/16 ; C12P7/06 ; C12N1/18 ; C12R1/865 ; C12P7/12

Abstract:
[Problem] To provide an alcoholic fermentation yeast having resistance to limonene, which is a fermentation inhibitor, and a method for producing ethanol using the alcoholic fermentation yeast. [Solution] An alcoholic fermentation yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Deposition No. NITE BP-890), which has resistance to limonene and can grow in the presence of limonene at a concentration of 0.1-0.5 wt %, and a method for producing ethanol using the alcoholic fermentation yeast.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150132817A1 ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION YEAST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL USING SAME Public/Granted day:2015-05-14
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