Ethanol production in Gram-positive microbes

Patent · Tue Jun 29 04:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:6468213

Ingram, L O; Barbosa-Alleyne, M D.F.

The subject invention concerns the transformation of Gram-positive bacteria with heterologous genes which confer upon these microbes the ability to produce ethanol as a fermentation product. Specifically exemplified is the transformation of bacteria with genes, obtainable from Zymomonas mobilis, which encode pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase. 2 figs.

• Research Organization: University of Florida
• Sponsoring Organization: DOA; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-86ER13574
• Assignee: Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 5916787
• Application Number: CNN: 92-37308-7471; 583620-2-112; PPN: US 8-475925
• OSTI ID: 6468213
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE
ALCOHOLS
BACTERIA
BIOSYNTHESIS
CARBON-CARBON LYASES
CARBOXY-LYASES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECARBOXYLASES
DECOMPOSITION
ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS
ENZYME ACTIVITY
ENZYMES
ETHANOL
HEMIACETAL DEHYDROGENASES
HYDROLYSIS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
LYASES
LYSIS
MICROORGANISMS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDOREDUCTASES
PROTEINS
SOLVOLYSIS
SYNTHESIS
ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS