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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas W Jeffries, Madison, WI (US);
Nian-Qing Shi, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435163 ; 435 41 ; 435 93 ; 435155 ; 435161 ; 4352542 ; 43525423 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a xylose-fermenting mutant yeast strain exhibiting reduced expression of cytochrome c and enhanced fermentation of xylose relative to xylose-fermenting yeast strains in which cytochrome c is fully functional. Also disclosed is a method of producing ethanol from xylose by culturing a xylose-fermenting mutant yeast strain exhibiting reduced expression of cytochrome c in the presence of xylose-containing material.