Novozymes A/s

Microbiogen Pty. Ltd.

Alan Jay House

Paul Victor Attfield

Philip John Livingstone Bell

Robert Osborne

Nathaniel Edward Kreel

Xin Li

Christie Lynn Strahler

Harry Showmaker

Jennifer Headman

Hamid Rismani Yazdi

Ryan Schron

Described herein arestrains MBG5038 and MBG5012 deposited under the Budapest Treaty and having accession Nos. NRRL Y67549 and NRRL Y67700, respectively, or a derivatives of strains NRRL Y67549 or Y67700 which exhibit one or more properties or defining characteristics ofstrains MBG5038 or MBG5012. Also described are compositions comprising theyeast and naturally occurring and/or non-naturally occurring components, as well as are processes for producing ethanol from starch-containing material using the strains.

Yeast for ethanol production

The present invention relates to processes for producing ethanol from starch-containing material using ayeast deposited under Accession No. V15/004035, V15/004036 or V15/004037 at National Measurement Institute, Victoria, Australia) or a fermenting organism strain having properties that are about the same as that of the depositedstrain or a derivative ofstrain V15/004035, V15/004036 or V15/004037 having the defining characteristics of strain V15/004035, V15/004036 or V15/004037. The invention also relates toyeast deposited under the Budapest Treaty and having NMI accession no. V15/004035, V15/004036 or V15/004037 or a derivative of strain V15/004035, V15/004036 or V15/004037 which exhibits one or more properties or defining characteristics of strain V15/004035, V15/004036 or V15/004037. The invention also relates to compositions comprising ayeast of the invention and naturally occurring and/or non-naturally occurring components.

yeast strains and methods of use thereof

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