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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Rupert Mutzel, Berlin, DE;
Philippe Marliere, Etiolles, FR;
Didier Mazel, Suresnes, FR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Institut Pasteur, Paris, FR;
Evologic SA, Evry, FR;
Other;
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Parix Cedex, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for generating a novel form of life comprising the steps consisting of: a) irreversible alteration of the genome of a microbial clone; b) cultivation of a vast population of microbial cells originating from the altered clone obtained in step a) during numerous generations under conditions allowing selection for a higher and stable proliferation rate; c) isolation of descendant clones within the cultivated population of step b) still bearing the alteration of step a).