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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2012
Applicants:
Kousaku Murata, Kyoto, JP;
Shigeyuki Kawai, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Oda, Ibaraki, JP;
Keishi Iohara, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Kousaku Murata, Kyoto, JP;
Shigeyuki Kawai, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Oda, Ibaraki, JP;
Keishi Iohara, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Maruha Nichiro Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12P 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention provides a method for producing ethanol from mannitol using yeast and a yeast strain that produces ethanol from mannitol. The method for producing ethanol from mannitol comprises culturing yeast strains capable of mannitol assimilation and ethanol production from mannitol in a medium containing mannitol.