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Method for the production of isobutanol by recombinant yeast

US9303225B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC · US

Inventors

Gail K. Donaldson · Newark, US
Andrew C. Eliot · Wilmington, US
Dennis Flint · Newark, US
Michael Charles Grady · Oaklyn, US
Mehmedalija Jahic · Wilmington, US
Lori Ann Maggio-Hall · Wilmington, US
Vasantha Nagarajan · Wilmington, US
Ranjan Patnaik · South San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 23, 2014
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 23, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P20/52
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Methods for the fermentative production of four carbon alcohols is provided. Specifically, butanol, preferably isobutanol is produced by the fermentative growth of a recombinant bacterium expressing an isobutanol biosynthetic pathway.

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