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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Butamax Advanced Biofuels Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Thomas Basham, San Diego, CA (US);
Leslie William Bolton, Hampshire, GB;
Ian David Dobson, London, GB;
Sarah Richardson Hanson, San Marcus, CA (US);
Aidan Hurley, East Riding of Yorkshire, GB;
Karen Kustedjo, La Jolla, CA (US);
Andrew Richard Lucy, Brough East Yorkshire, GB;
Liang Song, San Diego, CA (US);
Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed by extraction into a water immiscible organic extractant during the fermentation. The invention also relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed during the fermentation by extraction into a water-immiscible extractant composition. The invention further relates to compositions comprising a solution of butanol in a water immiscible organic extractant composition.