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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Lanzatech New Zealand Limited, Skokie, IL (US);
Inventors:
Bjorn Daniel Heijstra, Skokie, IL (US);
Evgenia Kern, Auckland, NZ;
Michael Koepke, Skokie, IL (US);
Simon Segovia, Santiago, CL;
Fungmin Liew, Nottingham, GB;
Assignee:
LANZATECH NEW ZEALAND LIMITED, Auckland, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12R 1/145 (2006.01); C12P 7/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12P 7/065 (2013.01); C12P 7/24 (2013.01); C12R 1/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a novel bacterium with improved properties, including improved ethanol production, ethanol productivity, CO uptake, specific growth rate, ethanol to acetate ratio, and alcohol tolerance. The bacterium may be derived fromand/or may comprise at least one DNA or amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16. In one embodiment, the bacterium isdeposited under DSMZ accession number DSM23693 or a bacterium derived therefrom.