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Ethanol production

AssigneeUniversity of Durham

InventorsAdrian Robert Walmsley, Maria Ines Borges-Walmsley, Jung Woo Yang

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Abstract

A method for increasing production of ethanol in an ethanologenic cell using an autoinducer molecule, for example, AI-2.

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A method for increasing production of ethanol in an ethanologenic cell of the genus Zymomonas spp. comprising culturing the ethanologenic cell in the presence of an autoinducer-2 molecule.

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Application: 12/446,139Filed 17 Oct 2007
Priority: GB 0620715.318 Oct 2006
Published: US 2011/0053236 A13 Mar 2011
Granted: 24 Apr 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

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C12N 1/38
Microorganisms; Compositions thereof ; Processes of propagating, maintaining or preserving microorganisms or compositions thereof; Processes of…:…
C12N 9/14
Enzymes; Proenzymes; Compositions thereof ; Processes for preparing, activating, inhibiting, separating or purifying enzymes: hydrolases
C12N 9/88
Enzymes; Proenzymes; Compositions thereof ; Processes for preparing, activating, inhibiting, separating or purifying enzymes: lyases
C12P 7/065
Ethanol, i.e. non-beverage: with microorganisms other than yeasts

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