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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Applicants:
Penelope Chua, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aravind Somanchi, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Penelope Chua, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aravind Somanchi, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Solazyme, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/64 (2006.01); C12N 1/12 (2006.01); C12P 21/06 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); A23D 9/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/64 (2013.01); C12N 1/22 (2013.01); Y02T 50/678 (2013.01); C12P 7/6463 (2013.01); Y02E 50/13 (2013.01); C12P 2203/00 (2013.01); C12N 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides methods of cultivating oil-bearing microbes using xylose as a fixed carbon source. Also provided are microorganisms that have been genetically engineered to metabolize xylose as a fixed carbon source allowing them to convert xylose into oils. Particular advantages of the processes provided herein include production of oils rather than alcohols through the microbial fermentation processes utilizing xylose.