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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
May. 22, 2000
Lisa Anne Laffend, Claymont, DE (US);
Vasantha Nagarajan, Wilmington, DE (US);
Charles Edwin Nakamura, Claymont, DE (US);
Lisa Anne Laffend, Claymont, DE (US);
Vasantha Nagarajan, Wilmington, DE (US);
Charles Edwin Nakamura, Claymont, DE (US);
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Genencor International, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A process is provided for the bioconversion of a carbon substrate to 1,3-propanediol by a single organism utilizing microorganisms, such as,and, containing the genes encoding for an active glycerol or diol dehydratase enzyme by contacting these organisms with a carbon substrate under the appropriate fermentation conditions. Specifically,and,provide the source of exogenous genes for such active dehydratase enzyme.