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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Applicant:
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Inventor:
Stephen R. Hughes, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are novelstrains NRRL Y-50798 and Y-50799, that were obtained by UV-C irradiation of wild-typeNRRL Y-1109 cultures. The UV-C-mutagenized strains were incubated under anaerobic conditions on xylose or glucose medium for a period of 5 months at 46° C. before being selected. These mutagenized strains have potential application in large-scale industrial conversion of lignocellulosic sugars to fuel ethanol given their ability to ferment at temperatures at 46° C. and above.