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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Perry G. Caimi, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Yat-chen Chou, Lakewood, CO (US);
Mary Ann Franden, Centennial, CO (US);
Kyle Knoke, Newark, DE (US);
Luan Tao, Havertown, PA (US);
Paul V. Viitanen, West Chester, PA (US);
Min Zhang, Lakewood, CO (US);
Yuying Zhang, New Hope, PA (US);
Perry G. Caimi, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Yat-Chen Chou, Lakewood, CO (US);
Mary Ann Franden, Centennial, CO (US);
Kyle Knoke, Newark, DE (US);
Luan Tao, Havertown, PA (US);
Paul V. Viitanen, West Chester, PA (US);
Min Zhang, Lakewood, CO (US);
Yuying Zhang, New Hope, PA (US);
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Through screening of amutant library the himA gene was found to be involved in the inhibitory effect of acetate onperformance. Xylose-utilizingfurther engineered to reduce activity of the himA gene were found to have increased ethanol production in comparison to a parental strain, when cultured in medium comprising xylose and acetate.