Recombinant bacteria and the uses thereof for producing ethanol
AssigneeDeinove
InventorsJacques Biton, Esther Gerber
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Abstract
The present invention relates to recombinant bacteria and the uses thereof, particularly for the production of ethanol. The invention also relates to methods for the production of such bacteria, as well as to nucleic acid constructs suitable for such production. The invention specifically relates to bacteria lacking a functional LDH gene and/or containing a recombinant nucleic acid encoding a PDC and ADH. The bacteria of this invention may be produced from any stress-resistant bacteria.
Claims17
1-15. (canceled)
An isolated bacterium comprising a recombinant nucleic acid encoding a pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) and/or an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), wherein said bacterium is a species selected from the group consisting of Deinococcus sp., Tepidimonas sp., Truepera sp., Porphyrabacter sp., Novosphingobium sp. and Exiguobacterium sp.
A plasmid construct, wherein said plasmid replicates in a stress-resistant bacterium and contains a nucleic acid encoding a PDC and/or an ADH.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.