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US 2016/0168598 A1Published application
Genetically modified organisms
AssigneeUniversity of Washington
InventorsJOHN ARTHUR LEIGH, THOMAS JOSEPH LIE
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Abstract
Provided herein is technology relating to genetically modified organisms and particularly, but not exclusively, to compositions comprising one or more genetically modified microorganisms, and related methods and systems, for producing liquid fuels from alkanes such as methane.
Claims20
A genetically engineered microorganism comprising a host microorganism and a heterologous methyl coenzyme M reductase and/or a heterologous methanol methyl transferase.
A method for producing a fuel or a fuel mixture, the method comprising:
- exposing a composition comprising an alkane to a genetically engineered microorganism comprising a host microorganism and a heterologous methyl coenzyme M reductase and/or a heterologous methanol methyl transferase to produce a fuel;
- and/or
- exposing a composition comprising an alkane to a cell-free fraction derived from a genetically engineered microorganism comprising a host microorganism and a heterologous methyl coenzyme M reductase and/or a heterologous methanol methyl transferase to produce a fuel.
A fuel produced by a method comprising:
- exposing a composition comprising an alkane to a genetically engineered microorganism comprising a host microorganism and a heterologous methyl coenzyme M reductase and/or a heterologous methanol methyl transferase to produce a fuel;
- and/or
- exposing a composition comprising an alkane to a cell-free fraction derived from a genetically engineered microorganism comprising a host microorganism and a heterologous methyl coenzyme M reductase and/or a heterologous methanol methyl transferase to produce a fuel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.