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US 7,851,199 B2Granted
Production of carotenoids in oleaginous yeast and fungi
AssigneeMicrobia, Inc.
InventorsRichard Bailey, Kevin T. Madden, Joshua Trueheart
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems for producing engineered oleaginous yeast or fungi that express carotenoids.
Claims53
A genetically engineered Yarrowia fungus characterized by:
- a. the fungus is oleaginous in that it can accumulate lipid to at least 20% of its dry cell weight;
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- b. as a result of genetic engineering, the Yarrowia fungus produces at least one carotenoid, and can accumulate the produced carotenoid to at least 1% of its dry cell weight.
A strain of Yarrowia lipolytica comprising one or more modifications selected from the group consisting of an oleaginic modification, a carotenogenic modification, and combinations thereof, such that the strain accumulates from 1% to 10% of its dry cell weight as at least one carotenoid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.