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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Jason Abbas, Perry, IA (US);
George Aux, Durham, NC (US);
Joe Byrum, West Des Moines, IA (US);
MY Nguyen, Ankeny, IA (US);
Kirk Noel, Granger, IA (US);
Mark P Seymour, Bracknell, GB;
Jason Abbas, Perry, IA (US);
George Aux, Durham, NC (US);
Joe Byrum, West Des Moines, IA (US);
My Nguyen, Ankeny, IA (US);
Kirk Noel, Granger, IA (US);
Mark P Seymour, Bracknell, GB;
Syngenta Participations AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
Provided herein are high throughput methods for converting starch-containing plant material to ethanol, wherein the conversion process is performed at a small scale. This high-throughput screening platform permits the evaluation of the ethanol obtained from starch-containing plant material in a rapid and efficient manner. The methods include obtaining a plurality of samples of starch-containing plant material and drying the samples to achieve a desired moisture level. The dried samples are liquefied under conditions sufficient to hydrolyze the starch-containing plant material to soluble dextrinized substrates. The liquefied samples are fermented in small volume headspace vials for a period of less than about 96 hours, and fermentation is terminated by pasteurization. Ethanol production is evaluated using headspace gas chromatography.