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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2022
Applicant:
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (US);
Inventors:
Grant Bowman, Laramie, WY (US);
Nikolai Mushnikov, Laramie, WY (US);
Mark Gomelsky, Laramie, WY (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, Laramie, WY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C07K 14/195 (2006.01); C12N 15/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12N 15/86 (2013.01); C12N 2529/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to microbial stem cell technology that enables a growing microbial culture to stably maintain two or more distinct cell types in a ratio that can be genetically programmed and/or dynamically controlled during cultivation. It is contemplated that embodiments described herein can be utilized to increase product yield in microbial fermentations and advanced engineering of biomaterials using genetically engineered microbial cells, among others.