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Title: Methods and systems for chemoautotrophic production of organic compounds

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OSTI ID:1423445

The present disclosure identifies pathways, mechanisms, systems and methods to confer chemoautotrophic production of carbon-based products of interest, such as sugars, alcohols, chemicals, amino acids, polymers, fatty acids and their derivatives, hydrocarbons, isoprenoids, and intermediates thereof, in organisms such that these organisms efficiently convert inorganic carbon to organic carbon-based products of interest using inorganic energy, such as formate, and in particular the use of organisms for the commercial production of various carbon-based products of interest.

Research Organization:
Ginkgo BioWorks, Inc., Boston, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AR0000091
Assignee:
Ginkgo BioWorks, Inc. (Boston, MA)
Patent Number(s):
9,902,980
Application Number:
14/354,354
OSTI ID:
1423445
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Oct 30
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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