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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120053368 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACETIC ACID USING ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BIOETHANOL To provide a method for producing acetic acid from lignocellulose with high efficiency and a method for producing bioethanol. First, lignocellulose such as wood is decomposition-treated by a method such as pressurized hydrothermal treatment... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052541 | IMPROVED CARBON CAPTURE IN FERMENTATION The present invention relates to improvement in efficiency in gasification for use with syngas fermentation. In particular, the invention relates to increasing the overall carbon capture efficiency of a gasification/fermentation process to produce products such as alcoh... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052540 | HIGH PERFORMANCE METABOLIC BACTERIA The present invention relates to novel stress-resistant bacteria and the uses thereof. More specifically, the invention relates to isolated stress-resistant bacteria having advantageous properties for the production of organic acids or alcohols in various culture condit... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052536 | PROCESSING BIOMASS Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, methods are described that can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/o... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120034648 | PENTOSE SUGAR FERMENTING CELL The invention relates to a cell which comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a xylose isomerase, wherein the amino acid sequence of the xylose isomerase has at least about 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 3 and wherein the nucleot... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034664 | PROCESS TO PRODUCE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM SYNTHESIS GASES At least one isolated microorganism and a fermentation method to convert hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide gas, and/or carbon monoxide gas to a lower alkyl alcohol and/or carboxylic acid and to produce at least 2% by volume of the lower alkyl alcohol or carboxylic acid in an... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120009638 | SYNGAS CONVERSION METHOD USING ASYMMETRIC MEMBRANE AND ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISM A stable method for producing liquid products such as ethanol, propanol, butanol and other chemicals from syngas components that contacts CO or a mixture of CO2 and H2 with a highly porous side of an asymmetric membrane under anaerobic conditions a... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120003706 | Process for Converting a CO and CO2 Feed Gas Stream to Liquid Products by Fermentation A process converts a gas input stream comprising CO, CO2, and H2 by contact with fermentation liquid into a liquid product that controls the concentration of CO and CO2 in the fermentation vessel. The process charges the feed gas stream ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110318790 | XYLOSE ISOMERASE GENES AND THEIR USE IN FERMENTATION OF PENTOSE SUGARS The present invention relates to eukaryotic cells which have the ability to isomerise xylose directly into xylulose. The cells have acquired this ability by transformation with nucleotide sequences coding for a xylose isomerase that has one or more specific sequence ele... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110300593 | OPTIMISED FERMENTATION MEDIA The invention relates to improvements in the production of alcohols by microbial fermentation, particularly to production of alcohols by microbial fermentation of a substrate comprising CO. It more particularly relates to the provision of an inorganic organic sulfur sou... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110294170 | Pentose Fermentation By a Recombinant Microorganism The present invention provides recombinant nucleic acid constructs comprising a xylose isomerase polynucleotide, a recombinant fungal host cell comprising a recombinant xylose isomerase polynucleotide, and related methods.... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110294177 | OPTIMISED FERMENTATION MEDIA The invention relates to improvements in the production of alcohols by microbial fermentation, particularly to production of alcohols by microbial fermentation of substrates comprising CO. It more particularly relates to the provision of an improved fermentation media, ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110281310 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF ACETATE AND OTHER PRODUCTS The subject invention provides materials and methods wherein unique and advantageous combinations of gene mutations are used to direct carbon flow from sugars to a single product. The techniques of the subject invention can be used to obtain products from native pathway... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110269180 | Prokaryotic Xylose Isomerase for the Construction of Xylose Fermenting Yeasts The present invention relates to the use of nucleic acid molecules coding for a bacterial xylose isomerase (XI), preferably coming from Clostridium phytofermentans, for reaction/metabolization, particularly fermentation, of recombinant microorganisms of biomateri... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110256597 | Membrane Supported Bioreactor for Conversion of Syngas Components to Liquid Products Ethanol and other liquid products are produced by contacting syngas components such as CO or a mixture of CO2 and H2 with a surface of a membrane under anaerobic conditions and transferring these components into contact with a biofilm on the opposi... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110244525 | MICROORGANISM EXPRESSING XYLOSE ISOMERASE The present invention relates to a transformed microorganism capable of (a) a higher xylose isomerase activity than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation; and/or (b) a higher growth rate in or on a growth medium comprising xylose than the equivalent micro... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110229942 | Microbial Conversion of Oils and Fatty Acids to High-Value Chemicals Microorganisms for the production of high-value chemicals from free fatty acids are provided. The microorganisms comprise genetic mutations that alter fatty acid metabolism. The genetic mutations include a mutation or deletion of a fadR gene in which the FadR enzyme act... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110212433 | ALCOHOL PRODUCTION PROCESS The invention relates to the production of products such as alcohols and acids by microbial fermentation, particularly microbial fermentation of substrates comprising CO. It more particularly relates to methods and systems for improving efficiency of production products... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110195464 | BIOCATALYSTS AND METHODS FOR CONVERSION OF HEMICELLULOSE HYDROLYSATES TO BIOBASED PRODUCTS The invention relates to processes and biocatalysts for producing ethanol and other useful products from biomass and/or other materials. Initial processing of lignocellulosic biomass frequently yields methylglucuronoxylose (MeGAX) and related products which are resistan... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110189727 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING NON-STARCH CARBOHYDRATE MATERIAL USING PEROXIDASE ENZYME A method for the modification of a material comprising a non-starch carbohydrate, which method comprises contacting said material comprising a non-starch carbohydrate with a polypeptide which has peroxidase activity and which is: a. a polypeptide comprising an amino aci... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110183390 | Method of Conversion of Syngas Using Microorganism on Hydrophilic Membrane A stable system for producing liquid products such as ethanol, butanol and other chemicals from syngas components contacts CO or a mixture of CO2 and H2 with a hydrophilic membrane under anaerobic conditions and transfers these components into cont... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110183382 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING CHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM C. PHYTOFERMENTANS This invention provides systems and methods for the production of compounds by C. phytofermentans. C. phytofermentans is genetically-engineered for hydrolysis and fermentation of carbonaceous biomass to synthesize compounds of commercial value.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110177567 | MILD ALKALINE PRETREATMENT AND SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS INTO ORGANIC ACIDS The invention relates to a method for the production of a fermentation product from lignocellulosic biomass, to a reactor to carry out the method and to use of the reactor to produce a fermentation product.... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110137088 | Methods and Apparatuses for Producing Renewable Materials From Inhibiting Compounds Renewable materials made from inhibiting compounds. A method includes the step of consuming a fermentation inhibiting compound with a biological organism, and the step of producing a renewable material with the biological organism from at least a portion of the fermenta... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110129885 | MICROORGANISM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUCCINIC ACID The invention relates to an isolated genetically modified microorganism in which the gene IDH1 and at least one of the genes SDH2 and DIC1 are under the control of a first promoter that is repressed to a growth culture medium by means of a cultivation additive and is ac... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110117612 | CORYNEFORM BACTERIUM TRANSFORMANT HAVING IMPROVED D-XYLOSE-UTILIZING ABILITY A coryneform bacterium transformant prepared by transferring an exogenous gene which encodes a protein having a sugar transporter function into a coryneform bacterium capable of utilizing D-xylose.... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110104770 | PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING SULFUR IN A FERMENTATION SYNGAS FEED STREAM Ethanol and other liquid products are produced from biomass using gasification of the biomass to produce a syngas containing CO2, CO, H2 and sulfur or sulfur compounds that passes the syngas to a fermentation step for the conversion of the CO and CO2 and H2 to ethanol. ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110104736 | SELECTION OF ORGANISMS CAPABLE OF FERMENTING MIXED SUBSTRATES The present invention relates to a method for selecting a strain of an organism capable of improved consumption of a mixed substrate comprising two or more carbon sources as compared to a reference strain of the organism, which method comprises: growing a population of ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110053224 | NOVEL COMPOSITION OF MATTER AND METHOD FOR STIMULATING THE GROWTH OF BENEFICIAL MICROORGANISMS The invention describes a novel composition of matter obtained from the leaves of green plants, which is useful in promoting the growth of beneficial microorganisms. Specifically, that the invention describes a hydrolysate prepared from plant leaf biomass (leaf biomass ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100317074 | CARBON CAPTURE IN FERMENTATION The invention relates to methods of capturing carbon by microbial fermentation of a gaseous substrate comprising CO. The methods of the invention include converting CO to one or more products including alcohols and/or acids and optionally capturing CO2 to improve overal... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100285548 | Process And Apparatus For The Microbial Production Of A Specific Product And Methane The process according to the invention for the microbial production of a specific product and methane comprises the following steps: a) the production in a bioreactor (2, 10) of a specific product from a specific substrate using a specific organism, the producer,... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100273659 | Nitrilases, Nucleic Acids Encoding Them and Methods for Making and Using Them The invention relates to nitrilases and to nucleic acids encoding the nitrilases. In addition methods of designing new nitrilases and method of use thereof are also provided. The nitrilases have increased activity and stability at increased pH and temperature.... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100267097 | FIBROUS MATERIALS AND COMPOSITES Fibrous materials, compositions that include fibrous materials, and uses of the fibrous materials and compositions are disclosed. For example, the fibrous materials can be operated on by a microorganism to produce ethanol or a by-product, such as a protein or lignin.... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100248318 | HYDROGEN PROCESSING AND IMPURITY REMOVAL AND CLEANING METHODS IN A BIOMASS CONVERSION PROCESS In one embodiment, the disclosure includes a method of biomass conversion including fermenting biomass to produce a carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt and hydrogen gas, recovering the hydrogen gas, and converting the carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt to an alcohol us... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100240108 | SEQUESTRATION OF FORMALDEHYDE TO STABILIZE NITRILASE SPECIFIC ACTIVITY WHEN CONVERTING GLYCOLONITRILE TO GLYCOLIC ACID A process is provided to improve the specific activity of an enzyme catalyst having nitrilase activity when converting glycolonitrile to glycolic acid under aqueous reaction conditions. Inclusion of an effective amount of at least one amine protectant improves the speci... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100159541 | GENE ASSOCIATED WITH FOAM FORMATION OF ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM, ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM BRED BY MODIFYING THE GENE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VINEGAR USING THE ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM The object of the present invention is to provide a method for suppressing foam formation by identifying a gene involved in foam formation during culture of an acetic acid bacterium and reducing or deleting the function of a protein encoded by the gene, a method for mor... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100143988 | THERMOANAEROBACTER MATHRANII STRAIN BG1 Strict anaerobic thermophilic bacterium belonging to the group of Thermoanaerobacter mathranii and mutants and derivatives thereof. The bacterium is particularly suitable for the production of fermentation products such as ethanol, lactic acid, acetic acid and hy... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100136634 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR PRODUCTION OF GLUCOSE, ETHANOL,FURFURAL,FURANE AND LIGNIN FROM RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS Method and equipment for production of fermentable saccharides, ethanol, furfural, furane, lignin, acetic acid and formic acid from lignocellulosic and amylaceous materials. The method comprises one-stage or two-stage continuous thermo-compressive hydrolysis of ligno-ce... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100137641 | GENE INVOLVED IN QUORUM-SENSING SYSTEM OF ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM, ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM BRED BY MODIFICATION OF THE GENE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF VINEGAR BY USING THE ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM The object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently producing vinegar that contains a higher concentration of acetic acid, wherein a gene involved in the acetic acid fermentation ability is obtained, the acetic acid fermentation ability of an acet... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100120104 | BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESS UTILIZING CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC MICROORGANISMS FOR THE CHEMOSYTHETIC FIXATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND/OR OTHER INORGANIC CARBON SOURCES INTO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND THE GENERATION OF ADDITIONAL USEFUL PRODUCTS The invention described herein presents compositions and methods for a multistep biological and chemical process for the capture and conversion of carbon dioxide and/or other forms of inorganic carbon into organic chemicals including biofuels or other useful industrial,... | 05/13/2010 |
