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US 2014/0273130 A1Published application
Competitive growth and/or production advantage for butanologen microorganism
AssigneeButamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
InventorsLarry Cameron ANTHONY, Michael Dauner
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Abstract
Provided herein are recombinant yeast host cells and methods for their use for production of fermentation products. Host cells provided herein comprise a pyruvate-utilizing pathway and a competitive growth advantage over other microorganisms in solution.
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A method for production of a fermentation product in a fermentation process comprising contacting a fermentation mix comprising a recombinant production microorganism which comprises a pyruvate-utilizing pathway with at least one compound which preferentially inhibits at least one contaminant yeast microorganism.
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