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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Scott Franklin, La Jolla, CA (US);
Aravind Somanchi, Redwood City, CA (US);
Karen Espina, San Francisco, CA (US);
George Rudenko, Mountain View, CA (US);
Penelope Chua, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Franklin, La Jolla, CA (US);
Aravind Somanchi, Redwood City, CA (US);
Karen Espina, San Francisco, CA (US);
George Rudenko, Mountain View, CA (US);
Penelope Chua, San Francisco, CA (US);
Solazyme, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are obligate heterotrophic microalgae cells containing an exogenous gene. In some embodiments the gene is a sucrose utilization gene, and further disclosed are methods of manufacturing triglyceride oils using sugar cane or sugar beets as a feedstock in a heterotrophic fermentation. In other embodiments the feedstock is depolymerized cellulosic material. Also disclosed are cells that produce medium chain fatty acids at levels not produced in non-recombinant cells of the same species and genus.