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US20090325241 |
SUGAR TRANSPORT SEQUENCES, YEAST STRAINS HAVING IMPROVED SUGAR UPTAKE, AND METHODS OF USE
Disclosed are nucleic acid constructs comprising coding sequences operably linked to a promoter not natively associated with the coding sequence. The coding sequences encode Pichia stipitis ...
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US20090317872 |
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...
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US20090305373 |
Trichoderma reesei 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...
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US20090305372 |
Pre-treatment of biomass
The present invention relates to a method of pre-treatment of biomass, in order to improve the conversion of said biomass. The present invention also relates to a method of recovering chemicals...
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US20090305371 |
METHOD USING INFRARED LIGHT FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION
The present invention provides a method to optimize the fermentation culture of ethanol wherein said method comprises a device that allows enough illumination of the fermentation culture with a...
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US20090293347 |
Method and apparatus for preparing an ethanol/water mixture
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for preparing an ethanol/water mixture, in which fermentable raw materials selected from sugars and raw materials capable of being hydrolyzed into...
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US20090298145 |
Acid-resistance endoglucanase and the use of thereof
The present teachings relate to an acid-resistant endoglucanase, which is a protein exhibiting excellent endoglucanase activity under acidic conditions. The present teachings provide a protein...
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US20090291469 |
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 that yields a first product, intended for commercialization, such as ethanol,...
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US20090286293 |
ETHANOL PRODUCTION IN NON-RECOMBINANT HOSTS
Non-recombinant bacteria that produce ethanol as the primary fermentation product, associated nucleic acids and polypeptides, methods for producing ethanol using the bacteria, and kits are disclosed.
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US20090286295 |
PROCESSING BIOMASS
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems can use feedstock materials, such as...
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US20090286294 |
Methods and Compositions for Improving the Production of Fuels in Microorganisms
The invention relates to compositions, systems, and methods for producing fuels, such as ethanol and hydrogen, and related compounds. More specifically, compositions and methods are provided for...
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US20090280541 |
Beta-xylosidase for conversion of plant cell wall carbohydrates to simple sugars
Xylose-containing plant material may be hydrolyzed to xylose using a β-D-xylosidase which exhibits unexpectedly high activity. The enzyme has a k cat value for catalysis of approximately 185 sec...
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US20090275098 |
SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR ENHANCED YIELD FROM FERMENTATIONS THAT CONTAIN XYLOSE
A system and process for the utilization of xylose during fermentation is described. The system uses a fermenter and a separate reactor to isomerize the xylose to xylulose. The separation of the...
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US20090269812 |
METHOD OF PRODUCING CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION APPARATUS
The invention provides a method of producing a chemical product through continuous fermentation which includes filtering a culture of a microorganism or cultured cells with a separation membrane to...
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US20090271894 |
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING BIOMASS IN ENERGY CROPS
Methods for modulating plant biomass are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include the step of modulating in a plant cell the expression of an UPBEAT1 gene product. Also provided are...
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US20090258404 |
PRODUCTION OF FERMENTATION PRODUCTS IN BIOFILM REACTORS USING MICROORGANISMS IMMOBILISED ON STERILISED GRANULAR SLUDGE
Production of fermentation products, such as ethanol and lactic acid in biofilm reactors by microorganisms immobilised on sterilised granular sludge.
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US20090253177 |
Maize Cellulose Synthases and Uses Thereof
The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase levels...
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US20090253190 |
Enhanced Metabolite Generation
The present invention relates to the enhanced production of metabolites by a process whereby a carbon source is oxidized with a fermentative microbe in a compartment having a portal. An electron...
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US20090246847 |
METHOD FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL FROM STEAM EXPLODED SWEET POTATO BY FERMENTATION
A method for producing ethanol from steam-exploded sweet potato by fermentation includes subjecting sweet potato to a steam explosion treatment, subjecting the sweet potato after the steam...
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US20090246841 |
Methods and compositions for production of acetaldehyde
The present disclosure provides methods for producing acetaldehyde from renewable biological resources, for example, from a fermentable substrate, with the advantages of energy efficiency and ease...
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US20090246844 |
Methods for the production of ethanol
Embodiments of the present invention include methods for the production of ethanol, by a consolidated bioprocessing approach for the conversion of cellulosic material. According to some...
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US20090246846 |
ZYMOMONAS WITH IMPROVED XYLOSE UTILIZATION
Strains of Zymomonas were engineered by introducing a chimeric xylose isomerase gene that contains a mutant promoter of the Z. mobilis glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene. The...
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US20090246845 |
GLUCOAMYLASE AND BUTTIAUXIELLA PHYTASE DURING SACCHARIFICATION
Described are compositions and methods relating to the use of a glucoamylase in combination with a phytase in starch processing to reduce the levels of phytic acid in end-products.
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US20090239277 |
Thermophillic Organisms For Conversion Of Lignocellulosic Biomass To Ethanol
Mutant thermophilic organisms that consume a variety of biomass derived substrates are disclosed herein. Strains of Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum with acetate kinase and...
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US20090239276 |
GENETICALLY MODIFIED YEAST STRAIN
A polyploid transformed yeast cell comprising a deleted or disrupted GDH1 gene encoding an NADPH-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase, said polyploid yeast cell showing increased production of ethanol...
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US20090233340 |
Use of erythromycin as a selective antimicrobial agent in the production of alcohols
A process for the use of low concentration levels of Erythromycin to eliminate or control the growth of unwanted or undesirable bacteria (contaminating bacteria) in the fermentation production of...
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US20090226992 |
Enhancement of Microbial Ethanol Production
A thermophilic microorganism lacks lactate dehydrogenase activity and preferably contains an active pyruvate formate lyase pathway. The thermophilic microorganism contains a gene encoding an...
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US20090226993 |
NOVEL STRAIN AND A NOVEL PROCESS FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS AT HIGH TEMPERATURE
The present invention relates to a novel thermophilic ethanol producing yeast strain, a microorganism, Kluyveromyces sp. IIPE453 MTCC 5314, classified as yeast, which exhibits growth and sugar...
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US20090221041 |
METHODS FOR STARCH HYDROLYSIS
The presently disclosed subject matter provides a process for starch liquefaction using at least two classes of α-amylase enzymes, wherein the starch hydrolysis pattern from at least two of these...
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US20090221049 |
Thermophilic Organisms For Conversion Of Lignocellulosic Biomass To Ethanol
Mutant thermophilic organisms that consume a variety of biomass derived substrates are disclosed herein. Strains of Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum with acetate kinase and...
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US20090221048 |
Use of Glucose Isomerase Mutants
This invention provides use of a series of recombinant Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum glucose isomerases with improved catalytic activity obtained by using recombinant techniques. These...
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US20090221047 |
WEB COMPRISING FINE FIBER AND BIOACTIVE PARTICULATE AND USES THEREOF
The assemblies of the invention can comprise a fine fiber layer forming a multilamellar web or matrix, having dispersed within the fine fiber layer a bioactive particulate material, including...
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US20090214710 |
Methods and Compositions For Increasing Fermentation of a Microorganism
Fermentation of a microorganism is increased by including a cytokinin into the fermentation medium. Contemplated cytokinins may be synthetic cytokinins, cytokinins isolated from a natural source,...
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US20090215138 |
MODIFIED YEAST CONSUMING L-ARABINOSE
The present invention relates to a method for producing a L-arabinose utilizing yeast strain for the production of ethanol, whereby a yeast strain is modified by introducing and expressing araA...
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US20090215127 |
ph Adjustment Free System For Producing Fermentable Sugars and Alcohol
The present invention relates to a process for producing downstream products, such as fermentable sugars (e.g., glucose) and alcohols (e.g., ethanol) from starch-containing material (e.g., grain)...
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US20090209016 |
Engineering Fungi for the Utilisation of L-Arabinose
A fungal microorganism can be engineered by means of genetic engineering to utilise L-arabinose. The genes of the L-arabinose pathway, which were unknown, i.e. L-arabinitol 4-dehydrogenase and...
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US20090203099 |
ZYMOMONAS WITH IMPROVED ETHANOL PRODUCTION IN MEDIUM CONTAINING CONCENTRATED SUGARS AND ACETATE
Through screening of a Zymomonas mutant library the himA gene was found to be involved in the inhibitory effect of acetate on Zymomonas performance. Xylose-utilizing Zymomonas strains further...
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US20090203089 |
ISOLATED ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE ENZYMES AND USES THEREOF
Bacterial polynucleotides and polypeptides are provided in which the polypeptides have a dehydrogenase activity, such as an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) activity, an uronate, a...
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US20090203087 |
Expression of Granular Starch Hydrolyzing Enzymes in Trichoderma and process for producing glucose from granular starch substrates
The present invention relates to filamentous fungal host cells and particularly Trichoderma host cells useful for the production of heterologous granular starch hydrolyzing enzymes having...
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US20090203100 |
Microbial Fermentation of Gaseous Substrates to Produce Alcohols
The present invention relates to methods for increasing the efficiency of anaerobic fermentation processes (1) that produce acetate as a by-product in addition to a desired product, and (2) that...
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US20090197314 |
Modified Microorganisms with Inactivated Lactate Dehydrogenase Gene
Modified microorganisms are prepared by inactivation of the endogenous lactate dehydrogenase gene. The microorganisms are deposited under NCIMB Accession Nos. 41277, 41278, 41279, 41280 or 41281.
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US20090191605 |
Ketoreductase Polypeptides for the Reduction of Acetophenones
The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides...
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US20090191603 |
Use of rice bran as an accelerant in alcohol fermentation
The present invention relates to a method for production of fermentation-based products, through the fermentation of a carbohydrate substrate in the presence of a microorganism capable of...
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US20090186392 |
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...
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US20090186383 |
Method of Extracting Starches and Sugar from Biological Material Using Controlled Cavitation
A method of extracting sugar, starch, and/or carbohydrates from feed material such as corn or corn stover is disclosed. The feed material is mixed with liquid and perhaps accelerants to form a...
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US20090176285 |
Compositions and Methods for Enhancing Glycerol Utilization
A glycerol utilizing cell and a method for the production of glycerol-derived target compounds are provided. The glycerol utilizing cell may comprise a glycerol metabolizing system or a glycerol...
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US20090170175 |
PROCEDURE AND ARRANGEMENT FOR TOASTING CORN AND THE PRODUCT OBTAINED TO BE APPLIED IN THE PREPARATION OF MASH FOR ETHYL FERMENTATION
A procedure to turn the starch contained in corn grains to soluble forms includes seven steps, starting a first step in which the corn that comes from a hopper is placed into a rotary and...
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US20090170174 |
Glucose conversion to ethanol via yeast cultures and bicarbonate ions
The present invention is directed to the enhanced production of ethanol from fermentation using an ethanol producing microorganism. In particular, the present invention provides a process for the...
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US20090162904 |
TRANSGENIC PLANTS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING BOLTING IN SUGAR BEET
This invention relates to the field of sugar beet bolting and flowering control, specifically methods and transgenic sugar beet plants for suppressing the vernalization response. In particular, the...
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US20090162910 |
METHOD FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF PRIMARY METABOLITES, STRAIN FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF PRIMARY METABOLITES, AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION THEREOF
The present invention relates to a method for mass production of other primary metabolites by inhibiting a specific metabolite of metabolism in microorganisms, a transformant for mass production of...
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