Modification of bacteria
US6664076B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E50/10
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Sporulation-deficient variants of thermophilic, facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive bacteria can be generated using a plasmid transformation system based on a novel method of in vivo methylation. Such bacteria exhibit improved ethanol production-related characteristics.
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