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US 9,040,281 B2Granted
Method for producing aliphatic carboxylic acids
AssigneeVerdant Bioproducts Limited
InventorIrene Finnegan
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Abstract
The invention relates to a micro-organism comprising a hydrogenase enzyme system which is capable of converting carbon dioxide into formic acid and a second enzyme system which is capable of converting formic acid into aliphatic carboxylic acids having a chain length of five or more carbon atoms. Also described are various methods for producing oil, as well as other aspects of the invention.
Claims13
A method for producing aliphatic carboxylic acids, the method comprising
- converting carbon dioxide into formic acid by catalysis with a hydrogenase enzyme system in a medium;
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- converting formic acid to aliphatic carboxylic acids having a chain length of five or more carbon atoms by catalysis with a second enzyme system in the medium,
- wherein the hydrogenase enzyme system and the second enzyme system are from the Acetobacter strain having accession number NCIMB 41808 or a micro-organism derived therefrom.
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