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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129233 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ORGANIC ACID An organic acid is produced by allowing a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae, which has an ability to produce an organic acid and has been modified so that the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity is enhanced, and the glucose phosphotransferase a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120107885 | Anaerobic Fermentation of Glycerol The invention relates to the development of appropriate cultivation conditions for a bacteria to grow anaerobically (fermentatively) on a glycerol substrate. The method requires culturing bacteria having a functional 1,2-propanediol pathway and a functional type II glyc... | 05/03/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 20120040422 | DICARBOXYLIC ACID PRODUCTION PROCESS The present invention relates to a process for the production of a dicarboxylic acid and ethanol which comprises fermenting a genetically modified yeast in a suitable fermentation medium under anaerobic conditions at a pH value of between 1 and 5 and producing the dicar... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040423 | Fermentation The present invention provides a method for providing a target chemical, comprising: providing a cellulose-derived slurry comprising fermentable saccharides in one or several containers; subjecting cellulose-derived slurry from said one or several containers to separati... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120034659 | NEUTRAL pH SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a process for producing downstream products, such as fermentable sugars and end products, from a starch substrate by saccharification and/or fermentation. The saccharification is effectively catalyzed by a glucoamylase at ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120021474 | BIOLOGICAL METHODS FOR PREPARING ADIPIC ACID The technology relates in part to biological methods for producing adipic acid and engineered microorganisms capable of such production.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120021473 | PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING CARBOXYLIC ACIDS FROM FERMENTATION BROTHS CONTAINING THEIR AMMONIUM SALTS Processes for making SA from either a clarified DAS-containing fermentation broth or a clarified MAS-containing fermentation broth that include distilling the broth under super atmospheric pressure at a temperature of >100° C. to about 300° C. to form an overhead t... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120015415 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCCINIC ACID USING A YEAST BELONGING TO THE GENUS Yarrowia The present invention provides a method for producing succinic acid using a yeast belonging to the genus Yarrowia, which has been modified to reduce activity of succinate dehydrogenase in said yeast.... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120003708 | METHODS OF PRODUCING C4 DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS Methods of producing C4 dicarboxylic acids are disclosed. Nucleotide sequences encoding pyruvate carboxylase and uses of such nucleotide sequences in the production of C4 dicarboxylic acids are further disclosed.... | 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 |
| 20110318795 | DICARBOXYLIC ACID PRODUCTION IN A FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS The present invention relates to a recombinant fungus comprising an enzyme which catalyses the conversion of malic acid to fumaric acid in the cytosol. The invention further relates to a process for the production of a dicarboxylic acid such as fumaric acid and succinic... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110312047 | Polypeptides having C4 Dicarboxylic Acid Transporter Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having C4-dicarboxylic acid transporter activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110300589 | Novel Microbial Succinic Acid Producers and Purification of Succinic Acid The present invention relates to bacterial strains, capable of utilizing glycerol as a carbon source for the fermentative production of succinic acid, wherein said strains are genetically modified so that they comprise a deregulation of their endogenous pyruvate-formate... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110300595 | MICROORGANISM FOR PRODUCING SUCCINIC ACID The invention relates to an isolated, genetically modified microorganism, wherein compared to the wild type a) the idh1 and idp1 genes have been deleted or inactivated, and/or b) the sdh2 and sdh1 genes have been deleted or inactivated, and/or c) the PDC2 gene has been ... | 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 |
| 20110280848 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING CHICORIC ACID AND/OR DERIVATIVES THEREOF The present invention relates generally to the field of food and drinks. In particular, for example, a composition is provided that allows to provide tartaric and/or caffeic acid to a subject. One embodiment of the present invention is a composition comprising an ingred... | 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 |
| 20110250654 | MICROAEROBIC CULTURES FOR CONVERTING GLYCEROL TO CHEMICALS Glycerol or other reduced carbon sources may be used as a feedstock for the microbial production of chemical products under certain microaerobic conditions. For example, such production may occur under microaerobic or microrespiratory conditions in which electron accept... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110244534 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A MONOVALENT SUCCINATE SALT A process for the preparation of a monovalent succinate salt includes:
| 10/06/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110229945 | DICARBOXYLIC ACID PRODUCTION BY FERMENTATION AT LOW PH The present invention relates to a process for the production of a dicarboxylic acid. The process comprises fermenting a yeast in the presence of a carbohydrate-containing substrate and low amounts of oxygen at a pH value at which at least 50% of the dicarboxylic acid i... | 09/22/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110217740 | METHODS, MICROORGANISMS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PLANT BIOMASS PROCESSING Disclosed herein are methods of degrading plant biomass, and microorganisms and polypeptides used in such methods, hi certain embodiments, the methods include growing Anaerocellum thermophilum on a substrate that comprises plant biomass under conditions effective... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110201069 | Method for Producing Oligomer and/or Monomer by Degrading Biodegradable Resin An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently producing an oligomer or a monomer by degrading a biodegradable resin using an enzyme, so that the oligomer or the monomer can be recovered. The present invention pro... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110201061 | Process For Hydrolysis Of Wet Fiber And Method For Producing Fermentation Products From Wet Fiber Disclosed are a method of hydrolysis of wet fiber and a method for preparing ethanol. Generally, an agricultural plant material, such as corn hulls, distiller's dried grains, or spent germ, is treated to at least partially hydrolyze the fiber. The process may include a ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110195466 | MICROORGANISMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ADIPIC ACID AND OTHER COMPOUNDS The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having an adipate, 6-aminocaproic acid or caprolactam pathway. The microbial organism contains at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an enzyme in the respective adipate, 6-aminocaproic acid or ca... | 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 |
| 20110189728 | 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... | 08/04/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110177570 | BACTERIAL MUTANTS FOR ENHANCED SUCCINATE PRODUCTION The present invention relates to a method for obtaining enhanced metabolite production in micro-organisms, and to mutants and/or transformants obtained with said method. More particularly, it relates to bacterial mutants and/or transformants for enhanced succinate produ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110143405 | DICARBOXYLIC ACID PRODUCTION IN A RECOMBINANT YEAST The present invention relates to a recombinant yeast comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a heterologous enzyme that catalyses the conversion of malic acid to fumaric acid. The invention further relates to a process for the production of a dicarboxylic acid wherein... | 06/16/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110124060 | YEAST PRODUCTION HOST CELLS Crabtree positive yeast cells that have endogenous expressed pyruvate decarboxylase genes inactivated and an engineered biosynthetic pathway utilizing pyruvate were found to have improved growth and product yield when glucose repression was reduced. These cells were abl... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110124066 | PRODUCTION OF ITACONIC ACID The invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence encoding an Aspergillus mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid transporter that can be used in the production of itaconic acid in micro-organisms. Preferably said transporter protein is the protein encoded by the nucleic... | 05/26/2011 |
| 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 |
