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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2011
Applicants:

Aaron Argyros, White River Junction, VT (US);

Trisha Barrett, Bradford, VT (US);

Nicky Caiazza, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);

Dave Hogsett, Grantham, NH (US);

Inventors:

Aaron Argyros, White River Junction, VT (US);

Trisha Barrett, Bradford, VT (US);

Nicky Caiazza, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);

Dave Hogsett, Grantham, NH (US);

Assignee:

Enchi Corporation, Wellesley Hills, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12N 9/12 (2006.01); C12N 15/74 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 9/92 (2006.01); C12P 7/54 (2006.01); C12P 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/06 (2013.01); C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12N 9/1205 (2013.01); C12N 9/92 (2013.01); C12N 15/74 (2013.01); C12P 7/065 (2013.01); C12P 7/10 (2013.01); C12P 7/54 (2013.01); C12Y 207/01017 (2013.01); C12Y 503/01005 (2013.01); Y02E 50/16 (2013.01); Y02E 50/17 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11);
Abstract

One aspect of the invention relates to industrial bioconversion of the xylose portion of biomass materials into fuels and chemicals. Another aspect of the invention relates to industrial bioconversion of the xylan portion of biomass materials into fuels and chemicals. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to the bacterium, a highly cellulolytic organism that has much potential as a biocatalyst in a consolidated bioprocess configuration. In some embodiments, the invention is a genetic modification that confers the ability to ferment xylose toand the strains created with this modification. In some embodiments, the genetic modification is composed of two genes contained in an operon from. The genes express proteins with xylose isomerase (XI) and xylulokinase activites (XK). In other embodiments, the invention relates to a recombinanthost cell capable of fermenting xylan.


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