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Title: Engineered microorganisms having resistance to ionic liquids

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1243342

The present invention provides for a method of genetically modifying microorganisms to enhance resistance to ionic liquids, host cells genetically modified in accordance with the methods, and methods of using the host cells in a reaction comprising biomass that has been pretreated with ionic liquids.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,290,768
Application Number:
13/935,325
OSTI ID:
1243342
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Jul 03
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

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Global transcriptome response to ionic liquid by a tropical rain forest soil bacterium, Enterobacter lignolyticus journal May 2012
KmrA Multidrug Efflux Pump from Klebsiella pneumoniae journal January 2006