Production of oil in microorganisms
AssigneeSolazyme, Inc.
InventorsDonald E. Trimbur, Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti
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Abstract
The invention provides methods of cultivating oil-bearing microbes using xylose alone or in combination with other depolymerized cellulosic material. Also provided are microorganisms comprising an exogenous gene encoding a polysaccharide degrading enzyme, such as a cellulase, a hemicellulase, a pectinase, or a driselase. Some methods of microbial fermentation are provided that comprise the use of xylose and depolymerized cellulosic materials for the production of oil-bearing microorgansims.
Claims10
A microalgae comprising an exogenous gene encoding a sucrose invertase, which is expressed in the microalgae and hydrolyzes sucrose to fructose and glucose, and wherein the microalgae comprises at least 20% lipid by dry cell weight.
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