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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Steven D. Brown, Knoxville, TN (US);
Shihui Yang, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Steven D. Brown, Knoxville, TN (US);
Shihui Yang, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Batelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/04 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/74 (2006.01); C07K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides genetically modified strains of microorganisms that display enhanced tolerance to stress and/or inhibitors such as sodium acetate and vanillin. The enhanced tolerance can be achieved by increasing the expression of a protein of the Sm-like superfamily such as a bacterial Hfq protein and a fungal Sm or Lsm protein. Further, the present invention provides methods of producing alcohol from biomass materials by using the genetically modified microorganisms of the present invention.