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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Markus Seyfried, Silver Springs, MD (US);
Juergen Wiegel, Athens, GA (US);
Gregory Whited, Belmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genencor Intl., Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/18 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to improved methods and reagents for the production of 1,3-propanediol. In particular, the present invention provides novel thermophilic organisms and thermostable enzymes cable of catalyzing the fermentation of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol. The present invention also relates to methods of isolating such thermophilic organisms, methods of cloning polynucleotides that encode such enzymes, polynucleotides encoding such enzymes, and methods of using such enzymes and organisms for the production of 1,3-propanediol.