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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7659098 | Method of treating waste from alcohol production A method of treating a plurality of byproducts generated in the process of producing alcohol using corn as a raw material, and making effective use of them, particularly as feed compositions. The method of treating byproducts generated in the process of producing al... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7629156 | Ethanol production in fermentation of mixed sugars containing xylose Xylose-utilizing Z. mobilis strains were found to have improved ethanol production when grown in medium containing mixed sugars including xylose if sorbitol or mannitol was included in the medium. The effect was seen in concentrations of mixed sugars where no... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7622284 | Transformed eukaryotic cells that directly convert xylose to xylulose The present invention relates to host cells transformed with a nucleic acid sequence encoding a eukaryotic xylose isomerase obtainable from an anaerobic fungus. When expressed, the sequence encoding the xylose isomerase confers to the host cell the ability to conver... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7608438 | Process for the continuous production of ethanol A process for the production of ethanol utilizes a vacuum process and selectively permeable membranes to increase ethanol production efficiency. Yeast converts sugars to ethanol in an anaerobic condition within process chamber void of oxygen and filled with a Nitrog... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7604967 | Lignin-blocking treatment of biomass and uses thereof Disclosed is a method for converting cellulose in a lignocellulosic biomass. The method provides for a lignin-blocking polypeptide and/or protein treatment of high lignin solids. The treatment enhances cellulase availability in cellulose conversion. Cellulase effici... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7598063 | Process for producing ethanol by using recombinant coryneform bacterium The present invention provides a process for highly efficiently producing ethanol at a high productivity consisting of using a coryneform bacterium which has been transformed by a DNA containing a gene expressing pyruvate decarboxylase activity and, if desired, a ge... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7582458 | Fermentation processes and compositions The present invention provides improved fermentation processes, including for use in an ethanol production process. The improved fermentation processes include applying at least one fatty acid oxidizing enzyme (especially a lipoxygenase) in a fermentation process. T... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7563607 | Acid fungal protease in fermentation of insoluble starch substrates The invention is directed to methods of producing ethanol and decreasing residual starch production in a no cook fermentation comprising contacting granular starch containing substrates with a granular starch hydrolyzing enzyme, a protease, and a fermenting microorg... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7544495 | Methods for producing ethanol and methane from biomass The present invention relates to methods for producing ethanol and methane from biomass. The clear phase of a pulp obtained by fermentation of milled biomass is used for obtaining methane gas for energy production and for conversion in a combined heat and power prod... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7504245 | Biomass conversion to alcohol using ultrasonic energy A method comprising applying ultrasonic energy to a biomass to alcohol production process is provided. In one embodiment the alcohol production process is an ethanol production process. In one embodiment, the biomass to alcohol process employs ultrasonic energy as t... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7429476 | Acid fungal proteases The present invention is directed to novel acid proteases and more specifically to NSP24 family proteases and NSP25 family proteases including biologically active fragments thereof and to nucleic acid molecules encoding said proteases. Also provided are vectors and ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7413882 | Methods for degrading or converting plant cell wall polysaccharides The present invention relates to methods for converting plant cell wall polysaccharides into one or more products, comprising: treating the plant cell wall polysaccharides with an effective amount of a spent whole fermentation broth of a recombinant microorganism, w... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413879 | glucoamylase and homologs thereof The present invention is related to glucoamylases having at least 80% sequence identity to a Trichoderma glucoamylase having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and biologically functional fragments thereof. The invention is also related to DNA sequences coding for ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7393669 | Metabolically engineered micro-organisms having improved galactose uptake A recombinant prototrophic micro-organism such as a yeast is provided which over-expresses the activity of an enzyme catalysing the conversion of glucose-1 phosphate to glucose-6 phosphate in the galactose uptake and metabolism pathway. Suitably the increased enzyme... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7381551 | mutant The present invention relates to a method for improved ethanol production from xylose utilizing strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae comprising genes for overexpression of xylose reductase, xylitol dehydrogenase and xylulokinase, wherein in addition to said gen... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381550 | Integrated process for producing “clean beef” (or milk), ethanol, cattle feed and bio-gas/bio-fertilizer An ethanol unit and anaerobic digestion/bio-fertilizer unit are integrated with a cattle feedlot (or dairy operation), wherein a continuous, balanced process yields a sanitary, low- to zero-pollution, and economically efficient production of “clean beef” (or mil... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7354752 | Acid-stable alpha amylases having granular starch hydrolyzing activity and enzyme compositions The present invention relates to an acid-stable alpha amylase (asAA) derived from a strain of Aspergillus kawachi, which has granular starch hydrolyzing (GSH) activity, the heterologous expression of the asAA having GSH activity in filamentous fungal host cel... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354751 | Alcohol dehydrogenase gene of acetic acid bacterium A novel gene having a function of improving acetic acid fermentation in practical level was cloned from a practical acetic acid bacterium belonging to the genus Gluconacetobacter by a method for obtaining a gene having a growth-promoting function in acetic ac... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354755 | Stable zymomonas mobilis xylose and arabinose fermenting strains The present invention briefly includes a transposon for stable insertion of foreign genes into a bacterial genome, comprising at least one operon having structural genes encoding enzymes selected from the group consisting of xylAxylB, araBAD and tal/tkt, and at leas... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351559 | Process for producing ethanol A process for producing ethanol including a combination of biochemical and synthetic conversions results in high yield ethanol production with concurrent production of high value coproducts. An acetic acid intermediate is produced from carbohydrates, such as corn, u... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348168 | Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase II activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase II activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence, which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nuc... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347391 | Waste processing apparatus and method The present invention includes an apparatus and method for processing solid waste products. The apparatus comprises a rotatably mounted cylindrical vessel having a first end, a second end and an interior surface, at least one end terminating in a hatch that may be o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344876 | strains metabolizing cellulosic and hemicellulosic materials This invention relates to the use of microorganisms for the generation of ethanol from lignocellulosic waste materials. Yeast strains of the genus Kluyveromyces which have the capability to ferment cellulose, hexose sugars to ethanol are provided. Also provid... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344871 | BGL5 β-glucosidase and nucleic acids encoding the same The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl5, and the corresponding BGL5 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL5, recombinant ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342989 | Apparatuses and methods for mechanical shielding and cooling A transport or storage cask comprises a cask body, a modular thermal conducting and shielding system and a mechanical attachment. The modular thermal conducting and shielding system includes a modular fin and a modular neutron shield. The mechanical attachment retai... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7326548 | Polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for p... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326550 | Yeast strains for the production of lactic acid Yeast strains transformed with at least one copy of a gene coding for lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) and further modified for the production of lactic acid with high yield and productivities, are described. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326551 | Cloning and sequencing of pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) genes from bacteria and uses therefor The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules which encode pyruvate decarboxylase enzymes having improved decarboxylase activity, substrate affinity, thermostability, and activity at different pH. The nucleic acids of the invention also have a codon usage ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323322 | Ethanol production from transformed microorganisms This invention provides transformed microorganisms which can produce ethanol from cellooligosaccharide, by introducing β-glucosidase gene by recombinant DNA method, into microorganisms belonging to genus Zymobacter which cannot utilize cellooligosaccharide. | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312055 | Hybrid enzymes The present invention relates to a hybrid enzyme comprising at least one carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and at least the catalytic module of a glucoamylase amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to the use of the hybrid enzyme in starch pro... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309602 | Compositions and methods for producing fermentation products and residuals The present invention provides compositions and methods designed to increase value output of a fermentation reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a business method of increasing value output of a fermentation plant. The present invention also provi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309592 | Ethanol production from biological wastes The invention provides methods, apparatuses, and kits for producing ethanol and other alcohols. The methods involve fermenting organic material in a fermentation mixture to a biogas comprising methane; converting at least a portion of the biogas to synthesis gas com... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7297236 | Ethanol distillation process A process arrangement for distilling fuel grade ethanol includes a fermentation portion, a distillation portion, a condensation and dehydration portion, a separation and drying portion and an evaporation portion. The fermentation portion produces beer. The distillat... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291250 | Vacuum distillation system and use thereof for concentrating organic-aqueous solvent mixtures The present invention relates to a vacuum distillation plant and a process for concentrating organic aqueous solutions, especially spissum extracts, using said plant. The vacuum distillation plant of the invention comprises a flash evaporator, a means for vapor conc... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285403 | Xylose-fermenting recombinant yeast strains Disclosed are xylose-fermenting recombinant yeast strains expressing xylose reductase, xylitol dehydrogenase, and xylulokinase and having reduced expression of PHO13 or a PHO13 ortholog, as well as methods of fermenting xylose to obtain ethanol using the recombinant... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285402 | Methods for increasing the production of ethanol from microbial fermentation A stable continuous method for producing ethanol from the anaerobic bacterial fermentation of a gaseous substrate containing at least one reducing gas involves culturing a fermentation bioreactor anaerobic, acetogenic bacteria in a liquid nutrient medium; supplying ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273742 | BGL3 beta-glucosidase and nucleic acids encoding the same The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl3, and the corresponding BGL3 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL3, recombinant ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273734 | Process for producing a polyester A process for producing a polyester, the process comprising the steps of (1) fermenting a saccharide with a microorganism to obtain at least one substituted α-hydroxy acid represented by the formula: HO—CHR—COOH (wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group having ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7263934 | Methods for generating energy using agricultural biofuel A process comprising, providing an agricultural biofuel to a fluidized bed reactor and combusting the agricultural biofuel to produce heat and/or steam is disclosed. In one embodiment, the agricultural biofuel is selected from the group consisting of agricultural cr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252981 | Method for the preparation of stable and reusable biosensing granules The present invention provides a process for the preparation of stable and reusable biosensing granules useful in the assessment of biodegradability of effluents. The biosensing granules are prepared by culturing active aerobic microbial consortia in synthetic mediu... | 08/07/2007 |