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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Lisa Anne Laffend, Claymont, DE (US);
Vasantha Nagarajan, Wilmington, DE (US);
Charles Edwin Nakamura, Claymont, DE (US);
Inventors:
Lisa Anne Laffend, Claymont, DE (US);
Vasantha Nagarajan, Wilmington, DE (US);
Charles Edwin Nakamura, Claymont, DE (US);
Assignee:
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/02 (2006.01); C12N 9/04 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process is provided for the bioconversion of a carbon substrate to 1,3-propanediol by a single organism utilizing microorganisms 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.