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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Applicants:
Wilhelm Krispin, Mering, DE;
Monika Johanna Krispin, Mering, DE;
Inventors:
Yvonne Schiemann, Essen, DE;
Liv Reinecke, Essen, DE;
Thomas Haas, Muenster, DE;
Dirk Weuster-Botz, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Evonik Degussa GmbH, Essen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C12P 7/52 (2006.01); C12P 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/52 (2013.01); C12P 7/16 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for producing C4 bodies, preferably butyric acid and/or butanol, comprising the steps contacting an aqueous medium comprising an acetogenic bacterial cell in an aqueous medium with syngas and incubating the mixture obtained in step a) at a temperature between 0 and 100° C. for at least 30 minutes, wherein the aqueous medium comprises, in step b), ethanol and/or acetate at a total combined concentration is at least 0.1 gL.