Photoautotrophic Adipogenesis Technology (Phat)
AssigneePresident and Fellows of Harvard College
InventorsDavid Savage, Pamela Silva
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Abstract
The invention provides an isolated photosynthetic microorganism with an altered lipid profile compared to its wild type or naturally occurring counterpart. The bacterium has been genetically modified such that the lipids produced are amenable to producing biodiesel fuel. Accordingly, such an isolated cyanobacterium contains a fatty acid, the length of which is less than C 16.
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An isolated photosynthetic microbe comprising a fatty acid, the length of which is less than C16.
An isolated photosynthetic microbe comprising a heterologous thioesterase enzyme.
An isolated microbe comprising a nucleic acid encoding a heterologous thioesterase, wax synthase, pyruvate decarboxylase, and alcohol dehydrogenase.
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