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Title: Engineered microorganisms having resistance to ionic liquids

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1243342
Patent Number(s):
9290768
Application Number:
13/935,325
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07K - PEPTIDES
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Jul 03
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 09 BIOMASS FUELS

Citation Formats

Ruegg, Thomas Lawrence, and Thelen, Michael P. Engineered microorganisms having resistance to ionic liquids. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Ruegg, Thomas Lawrence, & Thelen, Michael P. Engineered microorganisms having resistance to ionic liquids. United States.
Ruegg, Thomas Lawrence, and Thelen, Michael P. Tue . "Engineered microorganisms having resistance to ionic liquids". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1243342.
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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
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