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Microbial engineering for the production of fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives

US8765404B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

Gregory Stephanopoulos · Pasadena, US
Syed Hussain Imam Abidi · Boston, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 2, 2011
Grant date	Jul 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E50/10
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Some aspects of this invention relate to methods useful for the conversion of a carbon source to a biofuel or biofuel precursor using engineered microbes. Some aspects of this invention relate to the discovery of a key regulator of lipid metabolism in microbes. Some aspects of this invention relate to engineered microbes for biofuel or biofuel precursor production.

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