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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2012
Matthew C. Posewitz, Golden, CO (US);
Randor Radakovits, Denver, CO (US);
Robert Jinkerson, Golden, CO (US);
Victoria H. Work, Golden, CO (US);
Jonathan E. Meuser, La Jolla, CA (US);
Matthew C. Posewitz, Golden, CO (US);
Randor Radakovits, Denver, CO (US);
Robert Jinkerson, Golden, CO (US);
Victoria H. Work, Golden, CO (US);
Jonathan E. Meuser, La Jolla, CA (US);
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
Methods, processes, and systems for the production of lipids and starch from modified algae are disclosed. In one embodiment, the modified algae over-expresses isoamylase and accumulates much higher amounts of starch than unmodified algae. In some embodiments, the modified algae comprises one or more copies of an isoamylase expression construct. In one embodiment, the modified algae is a sta7mutant with a starchless phenotype that has been complemented with one or more copies of the wild-type genomic STA7 isoamylase gene construct. The complemented, modified algae accumulates much greater amount of starch than an unmodified algae and may be used to produce large amounts of starch and/or lipids.