Method of creating industrial streptomyces with capability to grow on cellulosic polysaccharide substrates
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsBrian Grant Fox, Robert Joseph Stankey, Cameron Robert Currie, Emily Beebe
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Abstract
A heterologous gene cassette useful for creating Streptomyces species with enhanced capability of growing on a cellulosic polysaccharide substrate, wherein the cassette comprises at least two members of the following categories: a) a GH6 gene, b) an AA10 gene, c) a GH48 gene, d) a GH5 gene and e) either (i) a GH9 gene, (ii) a GH9 gene and a GH12 gene, or (iii) a GH12 gene is disclosed.
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A heterologous gene cassette useful for creating Streptomyces species with enhanced capability of growing on a cellulosic polysaccharide substrate, wherein the cassette comprises at least two members of the following categories:
- a) a GH6 gene,
- b) an AA10 gene,
- c) a GH48 gene,
- d) a GH5 gene and
- e) either (i) a GH9 gene, (ii) a GH9 gene and a GH12 gene, or (iii) a GH12 gene.
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