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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Elizabeth J. Summer, College Station, TX (US);
Mei Liu, College Station, TX (US);
Inventors:
Elizabeth J. Summer, College Station, TX (US);
Mei Liu, College Station, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/64 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12N 7/02 (2006.01); C12P 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/64 (2013.01); C12N 7/02 (2013.01); C12P 7/06 (2013.01); C12P 7/10 (2013.01); C12N 2795/00031 (2013.01); Y02E 50/13 (2013.01); Y02E 50/16 (2013.01); Y02E 50/17 (2013.01); Y02E 50/343 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reducing process interruptions in biofuel production systems by reducing the amount of unwanted bacteria in the biofuel production system in which the reduction is effected by the use of an effective amount of one or more types of bacteriophages virulent for at least some strains of the unwanted bacteria.