United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

University of California

Christopher D Skory

Gregory L Cote

Timothy D Leathers

Neil P Price

David A Mills

Gordon W Selling

Steven F Vaughn

Siqing Liu

William T Hay

Ryan Cormier

Jill K Moser

Sean X Liu

Mark A Berhow

Steven C Peterson

The invention relates to absorbent compositions comprising soybean hulls and soybean hull biochar, methods of preparing such absorbent compositions, and methods of using such compositions in the preparation of articles of manufacture.

Absorbent material

Provided herein are compositions and methods for the synthesis of the trisaccharide, isomelezitose, using genetically modified glucansucrase enzymes from representative microorganisms, including lactic acid bacteria such as. Various modified enzymes are detailed, increasing isomelezitose yields and provide the foundation for large-scale production of isomelezitose for food, industrial and biomedical applications.

Modified enzymes for producing increased isomelezitose

The present disclosure provides methods for producing bioproducts from novel genetically altered strains of. Methods and materials for the construction of these strains, examination of the bioproducts and analysis and isolation of the bioproducts from genetically altered strains is provided. Genetically alteredstrains in which one or more genes encoding biosynthetic enzymes are knocked out is detailed and the benefits of using such strains described.

Methods and strains for producing bioproducts in

The pntAB locus may provide for increased alcohol tolerance in a microorganism, through expression of one or both of the pntA and pntB genes. A microorganism may have increased alcohol tolerance due to a transformation of the microorganism or an ancestor of the microorganism utilizing one or both of the pntA and pntB genes. The microorganism may be, for example, of a bacterial or fungal species. According to some exemplary embodiments, the microorganism may be a lactic acid bacterium.

Increased alcohol tolerance using the PntAB gene

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Nanoparticles composed of water insoluble glucans and films composed of tile above nanoparticles, in addition, there is disclosed a process for producing nanoparticles composed of water insoluble glucans. Furthermore, surfactant stabilized nanoparticles composed of water insoluble glucans and films composed of the above nanoparticles. In addition, a process for producing surfactant stabilized nanoparticles composed of water insoluble glucans.

Nanoparticles and films composed of water-insoluble glucan

Disclosed is a genetically modified enzyme belonging to glycosyltransferases type of glucansucrase comprising at least one mutation at positionof said enzyme, wherein modified enzyme is capable to producing a glucan polymer.

Modified glucansucrase and related methods

A fungal Ldh protein and a gene have been isolated from,Host organisms transformed with expression vectors containing this gene produce optically pure, or enhanced levels of L-(&plus;)-lactic acid not characteristic of the wild type organisms. These transformants will be useful for providing an increased supply of lactic acid for use in food and industrial applications.

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Washington, IL, United States of America

Christopher D Skory