Solazyme, Inc.

E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Genencor International, Inc.

Genomatica, Inc.

Other

Danisco US Inc.

Corbion Biotech, Inc.

Reg Life Sciences, LLC

Genecor International, Inc.

Terravia Holdings, Inc.

Donald Eugene Trimbur

Scott Franklin

Anthony G Day

Anna Coragliotti

Harrison F Dillon

Chung-Soon Im

Mark Scott Payne

Ramesh V Nair

Fernando Valle

Philippe Soucaille

Stephen K Picataggio

Behnaz Behrouzian

Maria R Diaz-Torres

Amy Kuang-Hsu

Nigel S Dunn-Coleman

Gregory Marshall Whited

Andreas W Schirmer

Stephen B Del Cardayre

Anthony Arthur Gatenby

Derek L Greenfield

Cindy Chang

Alma Itzel Ramos-Solis

Bernardo Moura Torres Da Costa

Angelica Zabala Bautista

Min Sun Park

Qijun Hu

Jessica Winger

Vasantha Nagarajan

Marguerite A Cervin

Olga V Selifonova

Emanuela E Popova

Matthew W Chase

Sharon Loretta Haynie

Charles Edwin Nakamura

Ben A Bulthuis

Amy Kuang-Hua Hsu

Amy K Hsu

Richard D La Reau

Fernado Valle

Stephen Kenneth Picataggio

Ramesh Nair

The disclosure relates to engineered plant acyl-ACP thioesterases having improved activity for the production of medium-chain fatty acid derivatives including e.g., eight carbon and ten carbon fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives. The disclosure further relates to recombinant host cells comprising the engineered plant acyl-ACP thioesterases having improved activity for the production of medium-chain fatty acid derivatives. The disclosure also relates to methods of decreasing toxicity and improving production of medium-chain fatty acids and derivatives.

Thioesterase variants having improved activity for the production of medium-chain fatty acid derivatives

The disclosure relates to acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) variants and host cells expressing them for the production of malonyl-CoA derived compounds including fatty acid derivatives. Further contemplated are methods of producing increased amounts of malonyl-CoA derived compounds and related cell cultures.

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase variants

The invention provides methods of manufacturing alkanes from triglyceride oils produced through fermentation of oil-bearing microbes. The processes provided herein can utilize a variety of carbohydrate feedstocks including cane bagasse, sugar beet pulp, corn stover, glycerol, corn starch, sorghum, molasses, waste glycerol, and other renewable materials. These processes further comprise hydrotreating, hydrocracking, isomerization, distillation, and other petrochemical processes for use with oil-bearing microbes and products derived therefrom to manufacture fuels. Particular embodiments include the manufacture of ASTM D975 and ASTM D1655 compliant fuels. Genetically engineered microbes provided herein can be used in the manufacture of renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel.

Renewable diesel and jet fuel from microbial sources

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.

Chlorella species containing exogenous genes

The invention provides methods of cultivating oil-bearing microbes using cellulosic material. Also provided are microorganisms containing one or more exogenous genes that facilitate the use of cellulosic materials as a feedstock. Also provided are microorganisms and methods for manufacturing non-alcohol-based fuels and fuel feedstocks through a process of converting cellulosic materials into oils.

Production of oil in microorganisms

The present invention provides methods to enhance production of desired products and increase the growth rate of a bacterial strain by inactivating an endogenous arcA and optionally overexpressing a ppc gene.

Production of bacterial strains

The invention provides methods of cultivating oil-bearing microbes using cellulosic material. Also provided are microorganisms that manufacture non-alcohol-based fuels and fuel feedstocks through a process of converting cellulosic materials into oils. Also provided are compositions comprising depolymerized cellulosic materials and oil-bearing microbes. Some methods of microbial fermentation are provided that comprise combining depolymerized cellulosic materials with other non-cellulosic feedstocks to enhance the economics of renewable fuel manufacturing. Particular advantages of the processes provided herein include production of oils rather than alcohols through cellulosic processes. Additional advantages include methods for manufacturing high nutrition oils from non-edible feedstocks such as wood chips, switchgrass, and bagasse.

Use of cellulosic materials for cultivation of microorganisms

The invention provides methods of manufacturing biodiesel and other oil-based compounds using glycerol and combinations of glycerol and other feedstocks as an energy source in fermentation of oil-bearing microorganisms. Methods disclosed herein include processes for manufacturing high nutrition edible oils from non-food feedstock materials such as waste products from industrial waste transesterification processes. Also included are methods of increasing oil yields by temporally separating glycerol and other feedstocks during cultivation processes. Also provided herein are oil-bearing microbes containing exogenous oil production genes and methods of cultivating such microbes on glycerol and other feedstocks.

Glycerol feedstock utilization for oil-based fuel manufacturing

The invention provides methods of modifying the lipids produced by microbial organisms through genetic engineering. The invention also provides genetically engineered microbes and methods of fermenting microbes for oil production. Also provided are oils, fuels, oleochemicals, chemical precursors, and other compounds manufactured by such modified microorganisms. Exemplary oil-bearing organisms include organisms containing one or more exogenous genes encoding a fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase, fatty acyl-CoA/aldehyde reductase, fatty acyl-CoA reductase, fatty aldehyde reductase, fatty aldehyde decarbonylase, and/or an acyl carrier protein.

Lipid pathway modification in oil-bearing microorganisms

The invention provides methods of manufacturing oils and oil-based products such as transportation fuels, industrial chemicals, edible oils, lubricants and plastics using sucrose feedstocks from sugar cane, sugar beets, and molasses for bioproduction processes. The disclosed processes utilize oleaginous microbes as a conversion technology to convert chemical energy produced by sugar cane, molasses and sugar beets into energy-containing oils and oil derivatives. Also provided herein are oleaginous microbes containing one or more exogenous sucrose utilization genes.

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