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Title: Engineered photosynthetic bacteria, method of manufacture of biofuels

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1324696

The invention provides for a novel type of biofuel; a method for cleaving anchors from photosynthetic organisms; and a method for producing biofuels using photosynthetic organisms, the method comprising identifying photosynthesis co-factors and their anchors in the organisms; modifying the organisms to increase production of the anchors; accumulating biomass of the organisms in growth media; and harvesting the anchors.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
Assignee:
UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
9,441,248
Application Number:
13/159,340
OSTI ID:
1324696
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2011 Jun 13
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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