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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Steven D. Brown, Knoxville, TN (US);
Shihui Yang, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Batelle, LLC, Oakridge, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12P 7/08 (2006.01); C12P 7/10 (2006.01); C12N 1/22 (2006.01); C12N 1/21 (2006.01); C12N 1/19 (2006.01); C12P 7/02 (2006.01); C12P 7/04 (2006.01); C07K 14/395 (2006.01); C12P 7/16 (2006.01); C07K 14/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/02 (2013.01); Y02E 50/17 (2013.01); C12P 7/10 (2013.01); C12P 7/04 (2013.01); C07K 14/395 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01); Y02E 50/16 (2013.01); C12P 7/16 (2013.01); C07K 14/39 (2013.01); C12P 7/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides isolated or genetically modified strains of microorganisms that display enhanced resistance to acetate as a result of increased expression of a sodium proton antiporter. The present invention also provides methods for producing such microbial strains, as well as related promoter sequences and expression vectors. Further, the present invention provides methods of producing alcohol from biomass materials by using microorganisms with enhanced resistance to acetate.