Recombinant microalgae including sucrose invertase and thioesterase
US9593351B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T50/678
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing renewable chemicals through the manufacture of novel triglyceride oils followed by chemical modification of the oils. Methods such as transesterification, hydrogenation, hydrocracking, deoxygenation, isomerization, interesterification, hydroxylation, hydrolysis and saponification are disclosed. Novel oils containing fatty acid chain lengths of C8, C10, C12 or C14 are also disclosed and are useful as feedstocks in the methods of the invention.
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