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Fermentive production of four carbon alcohols

US9862976B2 · 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
Lori Ann Maggio-Hall · Wilmington, US
Vasantha Nagarajan · Wilmington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 2016
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2036

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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