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Method for obtaining new life forms

US7960103B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

INSTITUT PASTEUR · FR
Evologic SA · FR
Rupert Mutzel · DE
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE · FR

Inventors

Rupert Mutzel · Berlin, DE
Philippe Marliere · Paris, FR
Didier Mazel · Suresnes, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 13, 2006
Grant date	Jun 14, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 14, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12R2001/19
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for generating a novel form of life comprising the steps consisting of: a) irreversible alteration of the genome of a microbial clone; b) cultivation of a vast population of microbial cells originating from the altered clone obtained in step a) during numerous generations under conditions allowing selection for a higher and stable proliferation rate; c) isolation of descendant clones within the cultivated population of step b) still bearing the alteration of step a).

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