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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2022
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, GA (US);
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Janet Westpheling, Bogart, GA (US);
Adam M. Guss, Knoxville, TN (US);
Lauren A. Riley, Lakewood, CO (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc, Athens, GA (US);
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes recombinantmicrobes designed to include increased consumption of acetate, increased carbon flux to butyryl-CoA and/or hexanoyl-CoA, increased production of butyrate and/or hexanoate, or a combination thereof, than a comparable control. This disclosure also describes methods that generally include growing such recombinant microbes under conditions effective for the recombinant microbes to consume greater amounts of acetate, produce increased amounts of butyryl-CoA and/or hexanoyl-CoA, produce increased amounts of butyrate and/or hexanoate, or a combination thereof.