Ethanol production using engineered mutant E. coli
US5028539A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 21, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E50/10
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The subject invention concerns novel means and materials for producing ethanol as a fermentation product. Mutant E. coli are transformed with a gene coding for pyruvate decarboxylase activity. The resulting system is capable of producing relatively large amounts of ethanol from a variety of biomass sources.
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