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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Der-ing Liao, Wilmington, DE (US);
Mark J. Nelson, Newark, DE (US);
Michael G. Bramucci, Boothwyn, PA (US);
Inventors:
Der-Ing Liao, Wilmington, DE (US);
Mark J. Nelson, Newark, DE (US);
Michael G. Bramucci, Boothwyn, PA (US);
Assignee:
Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12N 9/04 (2006.01); C12P 7/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); C12N 9/0006 (2013.01); C12P 7/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for the fermentative production of isobutanol is provided by the fermentative growth of a recombinant microorganism expressing a highly active ketol-acid reductoisomerase enzyme in addition to other enzymes required for conversion of glucose to isobutanol.