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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2009
Sean Dennis Simpson, Auckland, NZ;
Christophe Collet, Auckland, NZ;
Phuong Loan Tran, Auckland, NZ;
Bakir Al-sinawi, Auckland, NZ;
Richard Llewellyn Sydney Forster, Auckland, NZ;
Matthew James Rowe, Auckland, NZ;
Gary Chan, Auckland, NZ;
Kelly Marie Mahar, Auckland, NZ;
Jennifer Mon Yee Fung, Auckland, NZ;
Sean Dennis Simpson, Auckland, NZ;
Christophe Collet, Auckland, NZ;
Phuong Loan Tran, Auckland, NZ;
Bakir Al-Sinawi, Auckland, NZ;
Richard Llewellyn Sydney Forster, Auckland, NZ;
Matthew James Rowe, Auckland, NZ;
Gary Chan, Auckland, NZ;
Kelly Marie Mahar, Auckland, NZ;
Jennifer Mon Yee Fung, Auckland, NZ;
LanzaTech New Zealand Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the production of alcohols by microbial fermentation, particularly to production of alcohols by microbial fermentation of substrates comprising CO. It more particularly relates to processes for the production of alcohols from their corresponding acids in the presence of a substrate comprising CO. In particular embodiments, a fermentation reaction producing acid(s) and optionally alcohol(s) is perturbed such that at least a portion one or more of acid(s) is converted to alcohol.