Thomas Jefferson University

Tyton Biosciences, LLC

Biotechnology Foundation, Inc.

Mykola Borysyuk

Vyacheslav Andrianov

Hilary Koprowski

Igor Kostenyuk

Natalia Pogrebnyak

The disclosure encompassed herein relates, in part, to a method for increasing energy density of plant biomass that can be used for production of renewable fuel, such as biodiesel oil and/or ethanol. In an aspect, genetic engineering for enhanced sugar accumulation can be achieved by overexpressing a bacterial enzyme sucrose isomerase. Sugars or oils extracted from the plants of the disclosure encompassed herein may be used for industrial purposes such as heating, producing bio-fuels such as biodiesel fuel, or lubricating applications.

Engineered plant biomass for biodiesel and bioethanol production

The present invention relates to a genetically modified plant having an increased amount of oil in its green biomass as compared to the oil in the green biomass of its non-genetically modified counterpart. The plants may be used for producing bio-fuels such as biodiesel fuel.

Engineered biomass with increased oil production

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Mykola Borysyuk