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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 12, 2009
Gerardo Vicente Toledo, San Diego, CA (US);
Toby Howard Richardson, San Diego, CA (US);
Ulrich Stingl, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric J. Mathur, Encinitas, CA (US);
J. Craig Venter, La Jolla, CA (US);
Gerardo Vicente Toledo, San Diego, CA (US);
Toby Howard Richardson, San Diego, CA (US);
Ulrich Stingl, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric J. Mathur, Encinitas, CA (US);
J. Craig Venter, La Jolla, CA (US);
Synthetic Genomics, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention describes methods of identifying stimulants for the biogenic production of methane in hydrocarbon-bearing formations. Methods involve the use of microbial nucleic acid sequence information for the determination of gene products that are enzymes in a variety of pathways involved in the conversion of hydrocarbons to methane. Enzymes and stimulants identified by invention methods can be used in processes for enhancing biogenic methane production, for example, by addition to coal seams and coalbed methane wells.