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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Iogen Energy Corporation, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Jennifer Donaldson, Ottawa, CA;
Jan-Maarten A. Geertman, Voorschoten, NL;
Glenn D. Munkvold, Ottawa, CA;
Gary Pigeau, Kanata, CA;
Philippe J. Dufresne, Baie-d'Urfe, CA;
Loreta Gudynaite-Savitch, Kanata, CA;
Assignee:
Iogen Energy Corporation, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/10 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/42 (2006.01); C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 15/81 (2006.01); C12N 15/01 (2006.01); C12N 15/52 (2006.01); C12P 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/81 (2013.01); C12N 15/01 (2013.01); C12N 15/52 (2013.01); C12P 7/08 (2013.01); C12P 7/10 (2013.01); Y02E 50/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to novel xylose-fermenting yeast strains (for example, yeast of the genus, e.g.,) with an enhanced ability to ferment the xylose (and/or another pentose sugar) present in a lignocellulosic hydrolysate to a fermentation product(s) (for example, an alcohol (e.g., ethanol) or a sugar alcohol (e.g., xylitol)).