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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2011
Applicant:
Steven P. Harvey, Lutherville, MD (US);
Inventor:
Steven P. Harvey, Lutherville, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/12 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/06 (2013.01); C12M 29/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is generally related to systems and methods to permit the growth of anaerobic, ethanol-producing bacteria using pretreated biomass such as cellulose in a manner to facilitate the efficient conversion of cellulose to ethanol.