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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Robert Christopher Brown, San Diego, CA (US);
Rekha Seshadri, San Diego, CA (US);
Carlos Chavez-torres, San Diego, CA (US);
Weidong Xu, San Diego, CA (US);
Toby Richardson, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Christopher Brown, San Diego, CA (US);
Rekha Seshadri, San Diego, CA (US);
Carlos Chavez-Torres, San Diego, CA (US);
Weidong Xu, San Diego, CA (US);
Toby Richardson, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 1/12 (2006.01); C12P 7/64 (2006.01); C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The described invention provides genetically engineered microorganisms, including photosynthetic microorganisms, expressing 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA thioesterases and methods of using the genetically engineered microorganisms for producing free fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives.