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Production of clostridium acetobutylicum mutants of high butanol and acetone productivity, the resultant mutants and the use of these mutants in the joint production of butanol and acetone

US4757010A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 1985
Grant dateJul 12, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/842
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The Clostridium acetobutylicum mutant IFP 904 (ATCC 39058) is obtained by spreading a culture of a strain of Clostridium acetobutylicum at the surface of a solid culture medium containing n-butanol at a specified concentration, growing the strain in the presence of a mutagenic agent and recovering a strain of increased resistance to n-butanol. The resultant mutant can be used to produce a mixture of butanol and acetone of increased concentration.

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