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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen K Picataggio, Golden, CO (US);
Min Zhang, Lakewood, CO (US);
Mary Ann Franden, Littleton, CO (US);
James D Mc Millan, Boulder, CO (US);
Mark Finkelstein, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435139 ; 4352523 ; 4357529 ; 4353201 ; 435243 ; 435248 ;
Abstract
A recombinant Lactobacillus MONT4 is provided which has been genetically engineered with xylose isomerase and xylulokinase genes from Lactobacillus pentosus to impart to the Lactobacillus MONT4 the ability to ferment lignocellulosic biomass containing xylose to lactic acid.