Modified organisms for ethylene, ethane, and methane biogenesis and methods for use thereof
AssigneeOhio State Innovation Foundation
InventorsJustin NORTH, Srividya MURALI, Sarah YOUNG, Fred TABITA
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms capable of producing ethylene, ethane, and/or methane, as well was methods for producing ethylene, ethane, and/or methane using the same.
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A non-naturally occurring microbial organism comprising a nucleic acid encoding one or more genes of a methylthio-alkane reductase complex and one or more genes of a methionine salvage pathway.
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A non-naturally occurring microbial organism, wherein the organism is an anaerobic organism which produces ethylene, ethane, and/or methane using a methylthio-alkane reductase complex and a methionine salvage pathway, and wherein the organism has been optimized for producing ethylene, ethane, and/or methane with one or more non-naturally occurring genes.
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The method of any one of claim 3, wherein the population is cultured in the absence of sulfate.
A vector comprising:
- one or more exogenous nucleic acid molecules encoding one or more genes of a methylthio-alkane reductase complex and one or more genes of a methionine salvage pathway.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.