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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicants:
E I Du Pont DE Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Eileen Stieglitz, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Inventors:
Perry G. Caimi, Kennett Square, PA (US);
William D Hitz, Wilmington, DE (US);
Paul V Viitanen, West Chester, PA (US);
Barry Stieglitz, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Assignee:
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Xylose-utilizing, ethanol producing strains ofwith improved performance in medium comprising biomass hydrolysate were isolated using an adaptation process. Independently isolated strains were found to have independent mutations in the same coding region. Mutation in this coding may be engineered to confer the improved phenotype.