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Patent No.:

US 7803601 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2007

Production and secretion of glucose in photosynthetic prokaryotes (cyanobacteria)

Applicants:

David R. Nobles, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

R. Malcolm Brown, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

David R. Nobles, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

R. Malcolm Brown, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Board of Regents, The University of Texas, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:

Edwin S. Flores

Daniel J. Chalker

Chalker Flores, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ganapathirama Raghu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 1/12 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12P 19/04 (2006.01); C12P 19/02 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using an isolated cyanobacterium that includes a portion of an exogenous bacterial cellulose operon sufficient to express bacterial cellulose, whereby the cyanobacterium produces extracellular glucose. The compositions and methods of the present invention may be used as a new global crop for the manufacture of cellulose, COfixation, for the production of alternative sources of conventional cellulose as well as a biofuel and precursors thereof.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Nobles, Jr., David. (2010). Production and secretion of glucose in photosynthetic prokaryotes (cyanobacteria) (U.S. Patent No. 7803601). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7803601

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