Microbial engineering for the production of fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives

Stephanopoulos, Gregory; Abidi, Syed Hussain Imam

Microbial engineering for the production of fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives

Patent · 26 June 2018

OSTI ID:1459661

Stephanopoulos, Gregory; Abidi, Syed Hussain Imam

Some aspects of this invention relate to methods useful for the conversion of a carbon source to a biofuel or biofuel precursor using engineered microbes. Some aspects of this invention relate to the discovery of a key regulator of lipid metabolism in microbes. Some aspects of this invention relate to engineered microbes for biofuel or biofuel precursor production.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FC36-07GO17058

Assignee:: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)

Patent Number(s):: 10,006,065

Application Number:: 14/311,527

OSTI ID:: 1459661

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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