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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter L Rogers, Northwood, AU;
David E Tribe, Maroubra, AU;
Assignee:
Unisearch Limited, Kensington, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435161 ; 435162 ; 435163 ; 435165 ; 435813 ; 435822 ;
Abstract
A method of producing ethanol (alcohol) comprising culturing in a suitable means a strain of Zymomonas mobilis which has a specific ethanol productivity at 30.degree. C., pH5 and in a medium containing 300 g/l glucose of at least 4.0 g/g/h; a specific rate of glucose uptake at 30.degree. C., pH5 and a medium containing 200 g/l glucose of at least 8.0 g/g/h; and an ethanol tolerance level at 30.degree. C., pH5 and in a medium containing 300 g/l of glucose of at least 120 g/l ethanol in a batch culture or of at least 60 g/l ethanol in a continuous culture at 30.degree. C., pH5 and in a medium containing 150 g/l glucose.