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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2009
Applicants:

Paul DE Figueiredo, College Station, TX (US);

Lei LI, College Station, TX (US);

Zivko Nikolov, College Station, TX (US);

Brian D. Shaw, College Station, TX (US);

Martin B. Dickman, College Station, TX (US);

Eliezer S. Louzada, McAllen, TX (US);

Joseph M. Sturino, College Station, TX (US);

Ying-ying Chang, Taipei, TW;

Inventors:

Paul de Figueiredo, College Station, TX (US);

Lei Li, College Station, TX (US);

Zivko Nikolov, College Station, TX (US);

Brian D. Shaw, College Station, TX (US);

Martin B. Dickman, College Station, TX (US);

Eliezer S. Louzada, McAllen, TX (US);

Joseph M. Sturino, College Station, TX (US);

Ying-Ying Chang, Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, College Station, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/22 (2006.01); C12N 1/32 (2006.01); C12N 9/12 (2006.01); C12P 5/00 (2006.01); C12P 5/02 (2006.01); C12P 7/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/22 (2013.01); C12N 1/32 (2013.01); C12N 9/1205 (2013.01); C12P 5/00 (2013.01); C12P 5/02 (2013.01); C12P 7/6409 (2013.01); C12P 7/649 (2013.01); C12P 7/6463 (2013.01); Y02E 50/13 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11);
Abstract

The present invention includes a system and method for making a biofuel comprising: providing a nitrogen-limiting, minimal growth media comprising glycerol, sugars generated from cellulosic biomass or both, under conditions in which an oleaginous microbe converts the growth media into at least one of triacylglycerol, neutral lipids, fatty acids, long-chain fatty acids, and hydrocarbons that is secreted by the microbe.


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