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US 2014/0004574 A1Published application
Production of products from biomass
AssigneeXyleco, Inc.
InventorsMarshall MEDOFF, Thomas Craig MASTERMAN, Jaewoong MOON, Aiichiro YOSHIDA
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Abstract
The processes disclosed herein include saccharifying cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic biomass and fermenting the sugars to produce a sugar alcohol.
Claims26
A method comprising:
- making a sugar alcohol from a cellulosic or lignocellulosic biomass that contains one or more sugars by combining the cellulosic or lignocellulosic biomass with a microorganism that is capable of converting at least one of the sugars to a sugar alcohol, and maintaining the microorganism-biomass combination under conditions that enable the microorganism to convert at least one of the sugars to the sugar alcohol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.