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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Applicants:
Dennis Flint, Newark, DE (US);
Tina K. Van Dyk, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Dennis Flint, Newark, DE (US);
Tina K. Van Dyk, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
Butamax(TM) Advanced Biofuels LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/21 (2006.01); C12P 7/16 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12P 21/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Bacteria that are not natural butanol producers were found to have increased tolerance to butanol when the membrane content of unsaturated trans fatty acids was increased. Feeding cells with unsaturated trans fatty acids increased their concentration in the membrane, which may also be accomplished by expressing a fatty acid cistrans isomerase.