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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lonnie O'Neal Ingram, Gainesville, FL (US);
Maria D Barbosa-Alleyne, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Univeristy of Florida, , US;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435161 ; 435163 ; 43525231 ; 4353201 ; 435162 ; 435165 ;
Abstract
The subject invention concerns the transformation of Gram-positive bacteria with heterologous genes which confer upon these microbes the ability to produce ethanol as a fermentation product. Specifically exemplified is the transformation of bacteria with genes, obtainable from Zymomonas mobilis, which encode pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase.