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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2010
Steve A. Kay, San Diego, CA (US);
Ewa Lis, Lakeside, CA (US);
Susan Golden, Del Mar, CA (US);
Michael Melnick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dawn M. Adin, Germantown, MD (US);
James W. Golden, Del Mar, CA (US);
Steve A. Kay, San Diego, CA (US);
Ewa Lis, Lakeside, CA (US);
Susan Golden, Del Mar, CA (US);
Michael Melnick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dawn M. Adin, Germantown, MD (US);
James W. Golden, Del Mar, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are methods and compositions for the production of renewable fatty acids from photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, such as a blue green algae, any specie of the phylum Cyanophyta, a chloroplast of a green algae and/or a Cyanobacterium. Engineered or natural strains of these organisms or organelles can be used to produce both saturated and unsaturated fatty acids with variable chain length specificity from 8-18 carbons. The fatty acids can then be secreted into the culture medium, allowing for rapid, continuous and efficient separation of fatty acid product without harvesting of cell mass.