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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2004
Applicant:
Robert Paul Levine, Carmel Valley, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert Paul Levine, Carmel Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Phage Biotechnology, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12N 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to the use of microorganisms for the generation of ethanol from lignocellulosic waste materials. Yeast strains of the genuswhich have the capability to ferment cellulose, hexose sugars to ethanol are provided. Also provided are methods for converting cellulose, hexoses, or mixed hydrolysates of hexoses to ethanol by fermentation withstrains. The invention also provides methods to isolate yeast strains which metabolize cellulose, pentoses, or hemicelluloses from waste materials.