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20080261284 | Method for the production of lactic acid or a salt thereof by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of starch - The present invention pertains to a method for the production of lactic acid or a salt thereof, wherein starch is subjected to a process of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation, the method comprising saccharifying starch in a medium comprising at least a glucoamylase and simultaneously fermenting the starch using a microorganism, and optionally isolating lactic acid from the medium, characterized in that a moderately thermophilic lactic acid-producing microorganism is used. The invention further relates to a method of performing said process in the presence of a moderately thermophilic lactic acid producing microorganism, which has been adapted to have its maximum performance at the working pH. | 10-23-2008 |
20080261285 | Method for the production of lactic acid or a salt thereof by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of starch - The present invention pertains to a method for the production of lactic acid or a salt thereof wherein starch is subjected to a process of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation, the method comprising saccharifying starch in a medium comprising at least a glucoamylase and simultaneously fermenting the starch using a microorganism, and optionally isolating lactic acid from the medium, characterized in that a moderately thermophilic lactic acid-producing microorganism is used. The invention further relates to a method of performing said process in the presence of a moderately thermophilic lactic acid producing microorganism, which has been adapted to have its maximum performance at the working pH. | 10-23-2008 |
20080299628 | CONTINUOUS COUNTER-CURRENT ORGANOSOLV PROCESSING OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS - A modular process for organosolv fractionation of lignocellulosic feedstocks into component parts and further processing of said component parts into at least fuel-grade ethanol and four classes of lignin derivatives. The modular process comprises a first processing module configured for physico-chemically digesting lignocellulosic feedstocks with an organic solvent thereby producing a cellulosic solids fraction and a liquid fraction, a second processing module configured for producing at least a fuel-grade ethanol and a first class of novel lignin derivatives from the cellulosic solids fraction, a third processing module configured for separating a second class and a third class of lignin derivatives from the liquid fraction and further processing the liquid fraction to produce a distillate and a stillage, a fourth processing module configured for separating a fourth class of lignin derivatives from the stillage and further processing the stillage to produce a sugar syrup. | 12-04-2008 |
20090011481 | PROCESS FOR FERMENTING SUGARS CONTAINING OLIGOMERIC SACCHARIDES - Sugar mixtures containing nonfermentable oligomers are fermented in the presence of certain enzymes that depolymerise the oligomers simultaneously with the fermentation process. | 01-08-2009 |
20090042264 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING CARBON FLUX IN CELLS - Nucleotide sequences and genetic constructs that can be used to regulate genes encoding enzymes that change carbon flux through metabolic pathways that lead to lactic acid or fumarate production in a host cell, such as a | 02-12-2009 |
20090053782 | YEAST CELLS HAVING DISRUPTED PATHWAY FROM DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE TO GLYCEROL - Yeast cells are genetically modified to disrupt a native metabolic pathway from dihydroxyacetone to glycerol. In certain aspects, the yeast cell is of the genera | 02-26-2009 |
20090093034 | Method for Separation of Lactic Acid Component from Lactic Acid Fermentation Liquor, and Separation Apparatus - A lactic acid component (e.g., lactic acid or oligo (lactic acid)) can be obtained by extraction from a lactic acid fermentation liquor with a pH of 4.8 or less, using at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of toluene, xylene, mesitylene, ethylbenzene, methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, and mineral spirit. Furthermore, oligo (lactic acid) can be obtained, by heating a lactic acid fermentation liquor with a pH of 4.8 or less under reduced pressure, and washing, with water, the fermentation liquor containing a produced oligo (lactic acid). Hence, a method is provided for separating a lactic acid component from a lactic acid fermentation liquor, which is free from incorporation of impurities and which includes simple steps. | 04-09-2009 |
20090104675 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - Lactic acid with high optical purity that has not previously been achieved is produced. | 04-23-2009 |
20090176286 | Process for Fractionating Lignocellulosic Biomass into Liquid and Solid Products - The invention herein is an efficient, flexible biomass fractionation process comprising digesting a lignocellulosic-biomass material at about 120-220° C. and a pH of less than about 4, in an aqueous mixture containing an effective concentration of at least one solvent for lignin, and separating to recover a solid phase that contains a large fraction of the cellulose originally in the starting lignocellulosic material and a liquid phase that contains most of the lignin and hemicellulose originally in the starting lignocellulosic biomass. The process can produce a solid phase that contains at least 75% cellulose and less than 10% lignin. The cellulose-rich solid product can be converted very efficiently to glucose. The solid product can also be used in commercial pulp applications, such as papermaking or fluff pulp. Hemicellulose sugars and lignin can be used directly or converted to other products. | 07-09-2009 |
20090209016 | 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 L-xylulose reductase, were identified. These genes, together with the known genes of the L-arabinose pathway, form a functional pathway. This pathway can be introduced to a fungus, which is completely or partially lacking this pathway. | 08-20-2009 |
20090239274 | Yeast and Method of Producing L-Lactic Acid - Yeast includes an introduced gene coding a | 09-24-2009 |
20090253189 | Lactic Acid-Producing Yeast Cells Having Nonfunctional L- or D-Lactate:Ferricytochrome C Oxidoreductase Cells - Yeast cells having an exogenous lactate dehydrogenase gene ae modified by reducing L- or D-lactate:ferricytochrome c oxidoreductase activity in the cell. This leads to reduced consumption of lactate by the cell and can increase overall lactate yields in a fermentation process. Cells having the reduced I, or D-lactate:ferricytochrome c oxidoreductase activity can be screened for by resistance to organic acids such as lactic or glycolic acid. | 10-08-2009 |
20090258404 | 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. | 10-15-2009 |
20090275095 | DNA Encoding a Protein Having a D-Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity and Uses Thereof - This invention provides a polynucleotide that encodes a protein having lactate dehydrogenase activity and such protein that can be used for producing D-lactic acid. This polynucleotide has the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 (a), and it hybridizes under stringent conditions with a probe comprising all or part of the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a complementary strand thereof and encodes a protein having D-lactate dehydrogenase activity (b). | 11-05-2009 |
20100003731 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - The present invention provides microorganisms, in which the activity of 4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase or 2-octaprenylphenol→2-octaprenyl-6-methoxyphenol flavin reductase is reduced or lost, and which have an ability to produce lactic acid, in particular, microorganisms comprising a chromosomal DNA in which a gene encoding a protein having 4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase activity or a protein having 2-octaprenylphenol→2-octaprenyl-6-methoxyphenol flavin reductase activity is partially or completely defective; and a process for producing lactic acid using the microorganisms. | 01-07-2010 |
20100009420 | Genetic Modification of Homolactic Thermophilic Bacilli - The present invention relates to genetic modification for industrial applications of moderately thermophilic | 01-14-2010 |
20100086980 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - There is provided is a method for producing lactic acid from glycerol, which comprises culturing a specific bacterium capable of producing lactic acid in a culture medium containing glycerol, or making cells of the bacterium, processed cells of the bacterium or immobilized product thereof contact with glycerol. | 04-08-2010 |
20100086981 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED SACCHARIFICATION OF BIOMASS - Compositions and methods are provided for enhancing saccharification of biomass with one or more enzymes to enhance availability of substrates for fermentation by a microorganism. Microorganisms are also modified to enhance activity of one or more hydrolytic enzymes that are present endogenously in or are introduced heterologously into a host microorganism. | 04-08-2010 |
20100112651 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING CARBON FLUX IN CELLS - Nucleotide and protein sequences that encode enzymes that change carbon flux through metabolic pathways that lead to lactic acid or fumarate production in a host cell, such as a | 05-06-2010 |
20100112652 | Method for Producing Lactic Acid By The Fermentation of a Self-Sufficient Medium Containing Green Cane Juice - The invention relates to a process for producing lactic acid by fermentation of a sugarcane extract by means of microorganisms belonging to the | 05-06-2010 |
20100129883 | Substrate-selective co-fermentation process - Biological method for conversion of a lignocellulosic hydrolysate into a desired biochemical product. Use of a plurality of substrate-selective cells allows different sugars in a complex mixture to be consumed concurrently and independently. The method can be readily extended to remove inhibitory compounds from hydrolysate. | 05-27-2010 |
20100143988 | THERMOANAEROBACTER MATHRANII STRAIN BG1 - Strict anaerobic thermophilic bacterium belonging to the group of | 06-10-2010 |
20100190222 | LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION METHOD - Disclosed is a lactic acid production method by separating lactic acid produced in a culture solution by means of the fermentation culture of a microorganism. Specifically disclosed is a lactic acid production method, which comprises: a step (A) of filtering the culture solution through a nano-filtration membrane; and a step (B) of distilling a lactic-acid-containing solution produced in the step (A) under a pressure ranging from 1 Pa to the atmospheric pressure (inclusive) at a temperature ranging from 25 to 200° C. (inclusive) to collect lactic acid. The method can effectively remove an inorganic salt dissolved in a fermentation culture solution or contained in the fermentation culture solution in the form of a poorly soluble solid material by a simple manipulation, enables to prevent the racemization or oligomerization of lactic acid during the process of producing lactic acid, and therefore can produce lactic acid in a high yield. | 07-29-2010 |
20100190223 | YEAST FOR TRANSFORMATION, TRANSFORMATION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTANCE - Yeast for transformation is provided, which enables introduction of a greater number of copies of a target gene or a greater number of types of target genes. A method provided herein comprises the steps of introducing a target gene into yeast for transformation, which has homothallic properties and a plurality of selection markers, and selecting a strain in which the target gene has been introduced based on the selection markers in the yeast for transformation, whereby multiple target genes were introduced owing to the homothallic properties of the yeast for transformation. | 07-29-2010 |
20100196975 | 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 specific activity and catalytic productivity of the enzyme catalyst. | 08-05-2010 |
20100273224 | PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID BY WAY OF FERMENTATION AND EXTRACTION OF AMINES - The invention relates to a process for the production and isolation of lactic acid which is produced by way of fermentation of a carbohydrate-bearing feedstock and the addition of ammonia. The lactic acid is released from the ammonium salt of the lactate by adding a mineral acid and the lactic acid isolation takes place by extraction with the aid of an alkylated amine. The extraction is preferably operated at a pH value of 4.0 to 2.0, thereby obtaining a multi-phase mixture which is split up. The phase thus obtained with the lactate salt of amine subsequently undergoes distillation, so that lactic acid is obtained as pure product or the phase with the lactate salt of amine are thermally decomposed, thereby producing an oligolactide that is distillable and thus yields a pure dilactide. The invention also encompasses a device suitable for the performance of the inventive process. | 10-28-2010 |
20100273225 | EXPRESSION CASSETTE FOR LACTASE DEHYDROGENASE, TRANSFORMED YEAST AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - A gene expressing cassette codes lactate dehydrogenase that is needed for prevention of deterioration in lactic acid yield and lactic acid production rate in continuous culture with simultaneous filtration of a yeast strain having a lactic acid-producing ability, which achieves high optical purity, high lactic acid yield and high lactic acid production rate simultaneously, a yeast strain having the cassette and a method of producing lactic acid by culturing the yeast strain. The lactate dehydrogenase-expressing cassette is a lactate dehydrogenase-expressing cassette, comprising a gene coding lactate dehydrogenase connected to a site downstream of a promoter, the promoter being a promoter of a gene showing a gene expression amount larger by 5 times or more than the average relative expression amount of all genes after 50 hours from start of culture in continuous culture with simultaneous filtration of a yeast strain having a lactic acid-producing ability. | 10-28-2010 |
20110014666 | POLYPEPTIDE HAVING GLYOXALASE III ACTIVITY, POLYNUCLEOTIDE ENCODING THE SAME AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to a novel polypeptide having the enzymatic activity of conversion of methylglyoxal to lactic acid in a single step (known as glyoxalase III activity), a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence encoding such polypeptide and uses thereof. | 01-20-2011 |
20110039316 | YEAST MUTANT AND SUBSTANCE PRODUCTION METHOD USING THE SAME - According to the present invention, the ability to produce a desired product is significantly improved and the growth rate and the fermentation rate are maintained at excellent levels for yeast upon production of a desired product with the use of yeast | 02-17-2011 |
20110053231 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTIC ACID BY CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION - A method of producing lactic acid continuous fermentation including filtering a culture of polyploid yeast having a capacity to produce lactic acid through a porous membrane having an average pore size of not less than 0.01 μm and less than 1 μm, and recovering the product from the filtrate while the unfiltered liquid is retained in or returned to the culture and a fermentation feedstock is added to the culture. | 03-03-2011 |
20110104769 | IMPROVED YEAST STRAINS FOR ORGANIC ACID PRODUCTION - The present invention relates to the production of organic acids with yeasts that overexpress at least one sugar transporter. The yeast might express further genes related to the production of the desired organic acid. The organic acid is produced by cultivation of the yeast overexpressing a sugar transporter in an adequate culture medium, whereupon the desired organic acid is accumulated in the culture medium and subsequently purified to the desired degree by techniques known in the art. | 05-05-2011 |
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 active in the absence of the cultivation additive. The genes that are part of the group comprising “PYC1, ACS1, CIT1, ACO1, ICL1, MSL1, and CIT2, optionally also MDH3” are constitutively active. The invention further relates to uses of such a microorganism, especially for producing succinic acid. | 06-02-2011 |
20110151528 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ACID - This invention is intended to improve the efficiency of organic acid fermentation in a simple manner without mutant breeding, DNA recombination breeding, or other means, when producing an organic acid via fermentation with the use of yeast that produces the organic acid of interest. The efficiency of the yeast's ability to produce organic acid is significantly improved by treating yeast that produces an organic acid in an organic-acid-containing medium having a low pH value. | 06-23-2011 |
20110171703 | BACTERIUM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LACTIC ACID, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - The present invention provides: a lactic acid-producing | 07-14-2011 |
20110171704 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID FROM PLANT-DERIVED RAW MATERIAL, AND LACTIC-ACID-PRODUCING BACTERIUM - The present invention provides: a lactic acid-producing | 07-14-2011 |
20110183389 | PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID FROM HEMICELLULOSE EXTRACTS - A method is provided for producing lactic acid comprising fermenting sugars derived from biomass using sugar consuming bacteria to produce lactic acid. In certain embodiments, the biomass is woody biomass, and the bacteria are pentose consuming bacteria such as | 07-28-2011 |
20110212498 | LIGHT-DRIVEN CO2 REDUCTION TO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS TO SERVE AS FUELS OR AS INDUSTRIAL HALF PRODUCTS BY AN AUTOTROPH CONTAINING A FERMENTATIVE GENE CASSETTE - A process of producing an organic compound and/or an intermediary compound as defined herein by feeding carbon dioxide to a culture of a cyanobacterial cell and subjecting the culture to light, wherein the cell is capable of expressing a nucleic acid molecule, wherein the expression of the nucleic acid molecule confer on the cell the ability to convert a glycolytic intermediate into the organic compound and/or into the intermediary compound and wherein the nucleic acid molecule is under the control of a regulatory system which responds to a change in the concentration of a nutrient in the culture. | 09-01-2011 |
20110256596 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE D TYPE LACTIC ACID USING BYPRODUCTS PREPARED FROM RICE POLISHING PROCESS - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing D type lactic acid wherein byproducts (e.g., rice bran and pulverized rice) obtained during a rice polishing process are saccharified by using α-amylase and amyloglucosidase and then fermented by a microorganism, | 10-20-2011 |
20110318794 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING D-LACTIC ACID, AND METHOD FOR INCREASING OPTICAL PURITY OF D-LACTIC ACID OR YIELD OF D-LACTIC ACID RELATIVE TO SUGAR IN LACTIC ACID - Disclosed is a method for producing D-lactic acid by allowing a microorganism to utilize a purified treacle and culturing the microorganism. Also disclosed is a method for increasing the optical purity of D-lactic acid in lactic acid. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing D-lactic acid by allowing a microorganism to utilize a treacle and culturing the microorganism, which involves a step of purifying the treacle by means of an ion exchange technique. The method enables the efficient production of lactic acid which contains D-lactic acid having an optical purity of 99.40% e.e. or more. | 12-29-2011 |
20120040421 | ACID PRODUCTION BY FERMENTATION - The invention provides methods for producing Lactate by anaerobic Fermentation. According to particular methods of the invention, Lactate is produced by anaerobic fermentation of a substrate comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide. | 02-16-2012 |
20120045803 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF SUBSTANCE IN CANDIDA UTILIS USING XYLOSE AS CARBON SOURCE - Disclosed is a yeast strain of | 02-23-2012 |
20120058528 | Homolactic Fermentation from Pentose - Provided is a lactic acid bacterium capable of homolactic fermentation using a pentose as a substrate, the lactic acid bacterium utilizing a pentose, and in which a phosphoketolase pathway is blocked and a pentose phosphate pathway is activated. Also provided is a method for producing lactic acid from a pentose using the lactic acid bacterium and a method for preparing the lactic acid bacterium. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058529 | METHOD FOR HIGHLY EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID USING CANDIDA UTILIS - There is disclosed a yeast strain of | 03-08-2012 |
20120070871 | POLYPEPTIDE HAVING D-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY, POLYNUCLEOTIDE ENCODING THE POLYPEPTIDE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF D-LACTIC ACID - Highly productive D-lactic acid fermentation uses a transformant obtained by introducing into a host cell a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide according to any one of the following (A) to (C) in such a manner that the polypeptide is expressed, which polypeptide has a D-lactate dehydrogenase activity higher than those of conventional polypeptides: (A) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1 or 2; (B) a polypeptide having the same amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1 or 2 except that one or several amino acids are substituted, deleted, inserted and/or added, which polypeptide has a D-lactate dehydrogenase activity; and (C) a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence which has a sequence identity of not less than 80% to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1 or 2, which polypeptide has a D-lactate dehydrogenase activity. | 03-22-2012 |
20120094343 | Gene Knockout Mesophilic and Thermophilic Organisms, and Methods of Use Thereof - One aspect of the invention relates to a genetically modified thermophilic or mesophilic microorganism, wherein a first native gene is partially, substantially, or completely deleted, silenced, inactivated, or down-regulated, which first native gene encodes a first native enzyme involved in the metabolic production of an organic acid or a salt thereof, thereby increasing the native ability of said thermophilic or mesophilic microorganism to produce lactate or acetate as a fermentation product. In certain embodiments, the aforementioned microorganism further comprises a first non-native gene, which first non-native gene encodes a first non-native enzyme involved in the metabolic production of lactate or acetate. Another aspect of the invention relates to a process for converting lignocellulosic biomass to lactate or acetate, comprising contacting lignocellulosic biomass with a genetically modified thermophilic or mesophilic microorganism. | 04-19-2012 |
20120122166 | MUTANT METHYLGLYOXAL SYNTHASE (MGS) FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A BIOCHEMICAL BY FERMENTATION - The present invention concerns a method for the production of a biochemical selected among lactic acid, acetol and 1,2-propanediol, comprising culturing a microorganism modified for an improved production of the biochemical selected among lactic acid, acetol and 1,2-propanediol in an appropriate culture medium and recovery of the desired biochemical which may be further purified wherein the microorganism expresses a methylglyoxal synthase (MGS) enzyme which activity is not inhibited by orthophosphate. | 05-17-2012 |
20120122167 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - Provided is a method for producing lactic acid, which includes: obtaining D-lactic acid or L-lactic acid by carrying out lactic acid fermentation using a lactic acid-producing microorganism under a pressurized condition that exceeds normal pressure and is capable of maintaining lactic acid production activity of the lactic acid-producing microorganism. | 05-17-2012 |
20120129231 | ENGINEERING OF THERMOTOLERANT BACILLUS COAGULANS FOR PRODUCTION OF D(-)-LACTIC ACID - Genetically modified microorganisms having the ability to produce D(−)-lactic acid at temperatures between 30° C. and 55° C. are provided. In various embodiments, the microorganisms may have the chromosomal lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) gene and/or the chromosomal acetolactate synthase (alsS) gene inactivated. Exemplary microorganisms for use in the disclosed methods are | 05-24-2012 |
20120196338 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING THE PRODUCTION OF PRODUCTS IN MICROORGANISMS - Methods and compositions are provided for improving the production of products, such as fuel products like ethanol, in microorganisms. In particular, methods and compositions are described for improving ethanol production utilizing genes identified in | 08-02-2012 |
20120208248 | FERMENTATION OF MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC BACILLI ON SUCROSE - A method for the construction of a moderately thermophilic | 08-16-2012 |
20120214214 | TRANSFORMANT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID - The present invention relates to a transformant, containing a lactate dehydrogenase gene which is introduced into | 08-23-2012 |
20120244587 | FERMENTATION PROCESS AT REDUCED PRESSURE - A fermentation process includes contacting a carbohydrate source with a microorganism in an aqueous fermentation broth to form a fermentation product which is a salt or a product with a boiling point above the boiling point of water. The fermentation process is carried out at a pressure which is below atmospheric pressure and at least at the value where the reaction medium is at its boiling point at the fermentation temperature. Water is evaporated and removed from the reactor during the fermentation in an amount which is at least 20% of the volume of liquid present in the reactor at the start of the fermentation. A fermentation process at reduced pressure while removing a substantial amount of water removes a surplus of water in the system, ensures removal of reaction heat, and may lead to improved fermentation quality. | 09-27-2012 |
20120264183 | Cellulose and Xylan Fermentation by Novel Anaerobic Thermophilic Clostridia Isolated From Self-Heated Biocompost - A new species of an anaerobic thermophilic cellulolytic and xylano lytic bacterium is disclosed. One particular strain of this new species has been deposited with the ATCC under Deposit No. PTA-10114. It is also provided a method for isolating, culturing and utilizing this novel bacterium for the conversion of biomass to bioconversion products, such as ethanol. | 10-18-2012 |
20120270286 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE FOR USE IN PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE - A hollow fiber membrane module for use in production of a chemical substance, which is used in continuous fermentation including filtering a fermentation broth of a microorganism or a cultured cell through a hollow fiber membrane, collecting a chemical substance from a filtrate, retaining a concentrated solution in the fermentation broth or refluxing the concentrated solution, and adding a fermentation raw material to the fermentation broth, wherein a large number of hollow fiber membrane bundles are accommodated in a tubular case, at least one end part of each of the bundles is fixed on the tubular case by a hollow fiber membrane bundling member with an end face of each of the hollow fiber membranes open, and the hollow fiber membrane bundling member is made of a synthetic resin having a hardness retention rate after contact with saturated steam at 121° C. for 24 hours of 95% or more. | 10-25-2012 |
20120309065 | THERMOPHILIC THERMOANAEROBACTER ITALICUS SUBSP. MARATO HAVING HIGH ALCOHOL PRODUCTIVITY - Strict anaerobic thermophilic bacterium belonging to the group of | 12-06-2012 |
20130029389 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING D TYPE LACTIC ACID WITH HIGH OPTICAL PURITY - The present invention provides a method for producing D-type lactic acid by using | 01-31-2013 |
20130045517 | FERMENTATION OF WASTE GASES - The invention relates to the microbial fermentation of gaseous substrates to produce one or more products. The invention relates to the microbial fermentation of a gaseous substrate derived from the conversion of a biogas stream. The invention relates to the conversion of a biogas stream comprising methane to a gaseous substrate comprising CO and/or H2, and the production of one or more products from the microbial fermentation of said gaseous substrate. | 02-21-2013 |
20130071895 | L-LACTATE PRODUCTION IN CYANOBACTERIA - A process of producing L-lactate as defined herein by feeding carbon dioxide to a culture of a cyanobacterial cell and subjecting said culture to light, wherein said cell is capable of expressing a nucleic acid molecule, wherein the expression of said nucleic acid molecule confer on the cell the ability to convert a glycolytic intermediate into L-lactate and wherein said nucleic acid molecule is under the control of a regulatory system which responds to light or to a change in the concentration of a nutrient in said culture. | 03-21-2013 |
20130095538 | XYLOSE ISOMERASE AND USE THEREOF - It is an object of the disclosure of the present description to provide an eukaryotic cell having xylose utilization ability. The disclosure of the present description provides a novel eukaryotic cell having xylose utilization ability by transforming a yeast or other eukaryotic cell using DNA that codes a xylose isomerase from a termite protist. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095539 | LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION METHOD - A method of producing lactic acid by separating lactic acid produced in a culture solution by microbial fermentation, comprising: a step (A) of filtering the culture solution through a nano-filtration membrane; and a step (B) of distilling a lactic-acid-containing solution produced in step (A) under a pressure of 1 Pa to atmospheric pressure (inclusive) at a temperature of 25 to 200° C. (inclusive) to recover lactic acid. | 04-18-2013 |
20130109066 | Acid Production by Fermentation | 05-02-2013 |
20130143286 | BACILLUS COAGULANS STRAINS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN L-LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION - The invention is concerned with the strains of | 06-06-2013 |
20130143287 | PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF BIOMASS OF PLANT ORIGEN, AND A COMBUSTION PROCESS - The invention provides a process for the conversion of biomass into a biomass product which is suitable for use as a fuel. The biomass is of plant origin and comprises microorganisms naturally occurring in the biomass. The process comprises—preparing a slurry by dispersing the biomass comprising the naturally occurring microorganisms in an aqueous liquid, maintaining the slurry at conditions suitable for aerobic digestion by the microorganisms to obtain a slurry comprising the biomass product as a dispersed solid phase, and—recovering the biomass product. The recovering comprises washing and drying the biomass product. The invention also provides a combustion process. | 06-06-2013 |
20130157329 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR CORRECTING CONSTANT VOLUME ACIDITY OF FERMENTATIVE MEDIA FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ACIDS | 06-20-2013 |
20130171705 | NOVEL LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-LACTIC ACID USING SAME - L-Lactic acid fermentation using non-edible biomass requires a lactic acid bacterium suitable for fermentation using a mixture comprising oligosaccharides or mixed saccharides produced by enzymatic treatment of cellulose and hemicellulose, so that simultaneous saccharification and fermentation are enabled. Further, it must be taken into consideration that use of pentoses such as xylose derived form non-edible biomass as the raw material provides lactic acid as well as equimolar acetic acid, which halves the molar yield of lactic acid, and high concentration L-lactic acid induces fermentation inhibition, which makes it difficult to produce L-lactic acid at high yield. The present invention provides a novel lactic acid bacterium that can solve these problems. With the lactic acid bacterium of the present invention, L-lactic acid showing a high optical purity of 99.9% or higher can be efficiently produced by using a mixture of glucose and cellobiose as a raw material without substrate inhibition and substantially without generation of by-products. The method of the present invention is applicable to efficient production of L-lactic acid from a non-edible biomass raw material. | 07-04-2013 |
20130252293 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BIO-BASED PRODUCT FROM STRAW HEMICELLULOSE AND FULLY UTILIZING THE COMPONENTS THEREOF - Provided is a process for producing biomass-based product from straw hemicellulose and utilizing the components thereof thoroughly. Steam-explosion and acid-hydrolysis are combined in the pre-treatment of straw in the process, thus a higher concentration of a sugar liquid can be obtained, and furfural and acetic acid can be recovered. The hemicellulose obtained by the pre-treatment can be used directly as ferment materials for producing butanol, succinic acid, butylene glycol, lactic acid, hydrogen and firedamp, which reduces the cost of these biomass-based products. The cellulose and lignin obtained by extracting the straw with an alkaline solution can produce products, such as sodium hydroxymethyl cellulose etc. In the process, all components in the straw can be utilized thoroughly and waste and pollutant will not be produced. | 09-26-2013 |
20130266995 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING D-TYPE LACTIC ACID - The present invention provides a method for producing D-type lactic acid, by a sugar fermentation of sugar. In accordance with the method of the invention, lactic acid produced during the fermentation reaction is selectively absorbed and detached using an active carbon stick. The method does not require steps, such as, lactate concentration and electrodialytic water splitting that are required during the lactic acid fermentation process. According to the invention, D-type lactic acid can be produced in a high purity and with a high yield. Further, the time and cost associated with the separation process can be reduced in a great extent, thereby offering advantageous effects from a commercial perspective. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266996 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for producing lactic acid, wherein only lactic acid is selectively absorbed and separated from fermentation liquor using a lactic acid absorption resin and wherein a neutralizing agent is not used. The present invention does not include a neutralizing process and a process of converting lactate to lactic acid. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of: adding and mixing a culture medium, microorganism and sugar in a fermenter; passing a fermentation liquor through a microorganism filtration unit to remove microorganism through a cross-flow filtration; and selectively absorbing and separating lactic acid from filtered liquid using a lactic acid absorption resin. Accordingly, the separation and purification process of lactic acid from a fermentation liquor for polymerization is simplified. The manufacturing cost is thus reduced. The apparatus of the invention includes a fermenter for lactic acid fermentation; a filtration unit for removing a microorganism present in a fermentation liquor; and a lactic acid absorption resin for selectively absorbing lactic acid from a filtered liquid. | 10-10-2013 |
20130280773 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHEMICAL BY CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION - A method of producing a chemical includes a fermentation step that converts a fermentation feedstock, through fermentation by culturing a microorganism or culture cells, into a fermented liquid containing the chemical, and a membrane separation step that collects the chemical, as a filtrate, from the fermented liquid with the use of two or more separation membrane modules, and returning the non-filtered liquid to the fermented liquid, wherein in the membrane separation step, timing of the filtration-stop treatment for each separation membrane module is controlled when an intermittent filtration operation including alternately repeating a filtration treatment and a filtration-stop treatment is performed with plural separation membrane modules. | 10-24-2013 |
20130288319 | USE OF MONASCUS IN ORGANIC ACID PRODUCTION - The present invention provides tools and methods for producing organic acids using strains of | 10-31-2013 |
20130323805 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CHEMICALS BY CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION - A method of producing chemicals through continuous fermentation includes washing a membrane with a washing liquid supplied from a permeate side of a membrane unit in a continuous fermentation; filtering a culture medium containing a fermentation feedstock, a chemical and a microbe or a cultured cell through a separation membrane; collecting the chemical from a filtrate; retaining or refluxing unfiltered remains in the culture medium; and adding a fermentation feedstock to the culture medium, wherein the washing liquid is high-temperature water having a temperature higher than a temperature of the culture medium and of 150° C. or less, and a concentration of the microbe in a fermenter is controlled by supplying the washing liquid. | 12-05-2013 |
20130330792 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHEMICALS BY CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION - A method of producing a chemical by continuous fermentation includes a fermentation step of converting a fermentation feedstock to a fermentation liquid containing a chemical by fermentation on cultivation of a microorganism; a membrane separation step of recovering the chemical as a filtrate by a separation membrane from the fermentation liquid; a concentrating step of obtaining a permeate and a concentrate containing the chemical by a reverse osmosis membrane from the filtrate; and/or a purification step of distilling the filtrate to increase a purity of the chemical, in which, cleaning etc. of the separation membrane in the membrane separation step is preformed by using the permeated liquid from the reverse osmosis membrane in the concentrating step and/or the condensed liquid in the purification step. | 12-12-2013 |
20130337517 | ENHANCED EFFICIENCY ETHANOL AND SUGAR CONVERSION PROCESSES - Overlay processes are disclosed for making ethanol that not only increase ethanol conversion but do so in a cost effective manner with a reduction in energy requirements per unit of ethanol production. The processes can provide, if desired, higher organic compound as a co-product with ethanol. | 12-19-2013 |
20140017745 | GENETIC MODIFICATION OF HOMOLACTIC THERMOPHILIC BACILLI - Disclosed herein is a genetic modification of moderately thermophilic | 01-16-2014 |
20140017746 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTIC ACID BY CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION - A method of producing lactic acid by continuous fermentation includes filtering a culture of polyploidy prototrophic yeast having a capacity to produce lactic acid by introduction of a lactate dehydrogenase gene through a porous membrane having an average pore size of not less than 0.01 μm and less than 1 μm; and recovering the lactic acid from filtrate while the unfiltered liquid is retained in or returned to the culture and a fermentation feedstock is added to the culture. | 01-16-2014 |
20140051138 | MUTANT STRAIN OF LACTIC ACID PRODUCING YEAST AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - A lactic acid-producing yeast mutant which is a mutant of a yeast prepared by introduction of a lactate dehydrogenase gene that results in lactic acid-producing ability, the mutant having, in a medium at pH 3, a lactic acid-producing ability equivalent to or higher than the lactic acid-producing ability of a parent strain of the mutant at a lactic acid fermentation optimum pH. | 02-20-2014 |
20140087435 | Novel Microbial Biocatalysts That Enables Use Of Cellodextrin As Biofuel - The present disclosure provides genetically engineered biocatalysts which enable intracellular assimilation of cellodextrin. The genetically engineered biocatalyst co-expresses a cellodextrin phosphorylase (CDP) gene and a cellobiose phosphorylase (CBP) gene. Further, the genetically engineered biocatalyst includes a first synthetic promoter used to express the cellodextrin phosphorylase (CDP) gene and a second synthetic promoter used to express the cellobiose phosphorylase (CBP) gene. Furthermore, the genetically engineered biocatalyst expresses one or more cellodextrin permeases. The intracellular assimilation includes hydrolysis and phosphorolysis mechanism. Further provided are methods of using the genetically engineered biocatalysts to generate various useful end-products including alcohol and lactic acid. | 03-27-2014 |
20140093924 | Biofilm Photobioreactor System And Method Of Use - Flat panel biofilm photobioreactor systems with a photosynthetic, autofermentative microorganism that forms a biofilm and methods for using the same to make metabolic intermediate compound(s) through photosynthesis and to convert metabolic intermediate compound(s) into chemical product(s) such as a biofuel or a feedstock through autofermentation. | 04-03-2014 |
20140106420 | BIOCONVERSION PROCESSES USING WATER-INSOLUBLE LIQUIDS - Processes are disclosed for bioconversion processes in which a ME biocatalyst is surrounded by water-insoluble liquid during the bioconversion to facilitate one or more of mass transfer of substrate to and bioproduct from the biocatalyst and the separation and recovery of bioproduct from the water-insoluble liquid. The ME biocatalyst irreversibly retains microorganisms for the bioconversion and has, in its interior, an aqueous environment. | 04-17-2014 |
20140120591 | ACIDOGENIC CLOSTRIDIA AND PROCESSES OF USING THEREOF FOR PRODUCING VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS - An isolated biologically pure culture of | 05-01-2014 |
20140154759 | PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING LOW-ASH BIOMASS FOR COMBUSTION OR PELLETS - This invention provides processes and apparatus to convert biomass, including wood and agricultural residues, into low-ash biomass pellets for combustion, alone or in combination with another solid fuel. Some embodiments provide processes for producing low-ash biomass from cellulosic biomass, comprising providing an aqueous extraction solution with acetic acid; extracting the feedstock to produce an extract liquor containing soluble ash, hemicellulosic oligomers, acetic acid, dissolved lignin, and cellulose-rich solids; dewatering and drying the cellulose-rich, lignin-rich solids to produce a low-ash biomass; hydrolyzing the hemicellulosic oligomers to produce hemicellulosic sugars, wherein additional acetic acid is generated; removing a vapor stream comprising vaporized acetic acid from the extract; and recycling the vapor or its condensate to provide some starting acetic acid for the extraction solution. The disclosed processes can produce clean power from biomass. Co-products may include fermentable sugars, fermentation products such as ethanol, fertilizers, and lignin. | 06-05-2014 |
20140170719 | MICROORGANISM AND METHOD FOR LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION - The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for producing lactic acid using a lactic acid producing microorganism. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods for producing lactic acid with high yield, high concentration and high volumetric productivity through biological fermentation by | 06-19-2014 |
20140212937 | System and Method for Improved Gas dissolution - The invention provides a microbubble generation system with increased efficiency and flexibility compared to known systems. Further, the invention provides a method of microbubble generation. In particular, invention relates to increasing the efficiency of a fermentation reaction by reducing bubble size and increasing gas absorption into a liquid fermentation broth. | 07-31-2014 |
20140220647 | MICROORGANISM OVER-EXPRESSING LACTIC ACID TRANSPORTER GENE AND HAVING INHIBITORY PATHWAY OF LACTIC ACID DEGRADATION, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTIC ACID USING THE MICROORGANISM - A recombinant microorganism comprising a lactic acid (LA) transporter, wherein the expression of the LA transporter in the recombinant microorganism is increased relative to a parent microorganism, and a method of producing lactic acid using same. | 08-07-2014 |
20140234923 | FERMENTATION OF GLYCEROL TO ORGANIC ACIDS - The present invention is in the field of producing organic acids and other useful chemicals via biological fermentation using glycerol as a source of carbon. Novel microorganisms and fermentation processes are described that are capable of converting glycerol to useful organic acids in high yield and high purity. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234924 | VARIANTS OF GLYCEROL DEHYDROGENASE HAVING D-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides methods of designing and generating glycerol dehydrogenase (GlyDH) variants that have altered function as compared to a parent polypeptide. The present invention further provides nucleic acids encoding GlyDH polypeptide variants having altered function as compared to the parent polypeptide. Host cells comprising polynucleotides encoding GlyDH variants and methods of producing lactic acids are also provided in various aspects of the invention. | 08-21-2014 |
20140322773 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - Provided is a method for producing lactic acid which does not require neutralization and crude purification associated therewith both of which give a high load to the environment. | 10-30-2014 |
20140335581 | LACTIC ACID EXTRACTION - A method for recovering lactic acid from an aqueous mixture including the steps of: providing an aqueous mixture including lactic acid and at least 5 wt. % dissolved magnesium chloride, based on the total weight of water and dissolved material in the aqueous mixture; extracting the lactic acid from the aqueous mixture into a first organic liquid including an organic solvent selected from the group consisting of C5+ ketones, diethylether and methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether, thereby obtaining an organic lactic acid solution and an aqueous waste liquid including magnesium chloride; and extracting the lactic acid from the organic lactic acid solution into an aqueous liquid, thereby obtaining an aqueous lactic acid solution and a second organic liquid. The method according to the invention allows a combined purification and concentration step for feed solutions of lactic acid. | 11-13-2014 |
20140342415 | YEAST STRAIN FOR LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION BY USING PENTOSE AND HEXOSE - The present invention provides a biologically pure culture of | 11-20-2014 |
20140349354 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE - A method produces a chemical product by continuous fermentation including filtering a culture liquid of a microorganism(s) through a separation membrane, retaining unfiltered liquid in, or refluxing unfiltered liquid to, the culture liquid, adding a fermentation feedstock to the culture liquid, and recovering a product in the filtrate, wherein the microorganism(s) is/are a microorganism(s) that undergo(es) catabolite repression, and the fermentation feedstock comprises hexose and pentose. | 11-27-2014 |
20140363861 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING HIGH LEVELS OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS BY LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS PROCESSING - The technology relates, in certain aspects, to the use of novel extreme thermophile microorganisms, which are able to convert lignocellulosic biomass to carboxylic acids, in particular to lactic acid and/or acetic acid, salts or esters thereof. | 12-11-2014 |
20140370559 | FERMENTATION OF WASTE GASES - The invention relates to the microbial fermentation of gaseous substrates to produce one or more products. The invention relates to the microbial fermentation of a gaseous substrate derived from the conversion of a biogas stream. The invention relates to the conversion of a biogas stream comprising methane to a gaseous substrate comprising CO or CO plus H2, and the production of one or more products from the microbial fermentation of said gaseous substrate. | 12-18-2014 |
20140377821 | BIOCONVERSION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS TO LACTIC ACID - The present technology pertains to methods for processing lignocellulosic hydrolysates to valuable carboxylic acids using novel xylanolytic, amylolytic and saccharolytic thermophilic bacterial strains belonging to the genus | 12-25-2014 |
20150010970 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING END-PRODUCTS FROM CARBON SUBSTRATES - The present invention provides means for the production of desired end-products of in vitro and/or in vivo bioconversion of biomass-based feed stock substrates, including but not limited to such materials as starch and cellulose. In particularly preferred embodiments, the methods of the present invention do not require gelatinization and/or liquefaction of the substrate. | 01-08-2015 |
20150010971 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE - A method of producing a chemical product by continuous fermentation includes filtering a culture liquid of a microorganism(s) through a separation membrane; retaining unfiltered liquid in, or refluxing unfiltered liquid to, the culture liquid; adding a fermentation feedstock to the culture liquid; and recovering a product in the filtrate, wherein the fermentation feedstock contains pentose and hexose, and wherein the microorganism(s) has/have a pathway in which pentose isomerase is used to metabolize pentose. | 01-08-2015 |
20150010972 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - Provided is a method for producing lactic acid by use of a filamentous fungus, in which the productivity of lactic acid can be maintained at high level even when lactic acid is produced continuously. | 01-08-2015 |
20150024444 | YEAST CELL WITH INACTIVATED NADH DEHYDROGENASE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTATE USING THE YEAST CELL - Provided are a yeast cell in which the activity of an external mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase is decreased and a method of producing lactate by using the yeast cell. | 01-22-2015 |
20150024445 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE - A method of producing a chemical product by continuous fermentation includes filtering a culture liquid of a microorganism(s) through a separation membrane; retaining unfiltered liquid in, or refluxing unfiltered liquid to, the culture liquid; adding a fermentation feedstock to the culture liquid; and recovering a product in the filtrate, wherein the fermentation feedstock contains pentose and hexose, and wherein the microorganism(s) is/are a microorganism(s) having a pathway in which pentose reductase and pentol dehydrogenase are used to metabolize pentose. | 01-22-2015 |
20150044740 | YEAST CELL WITH ACTIVATED LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTATE USING THE YEAST CELL - A yeast cell comprising LDH from a | 02-12-2015 |
20150044741 | CARBOXYLATE ACIDIFICATION - A method for preparing a carboxylic acid by acidification of a liquid feed including a carboxylate salt, which method includes the steps of providing a liquid feed including magnesium carboxylate; providing a gas feed including gaseous hydrogen chloride; and acidifying the carboxylate to carboxylic acid by bringing the liquid feed into contact with the gas feed, thereby forming a liquid effluent including carboxylic acid and magnesium chloride, wherein the gas feed including gaseous hydrogen chloride is derived from a thermal decomposition step wherein an aqueous liquid including magnesium chloride is subjected to a temperature of at least 300° C., thereby decomposing magnesium chloride into magnesium oxide and hydrogen chloride, thus obtaining a solid including magnesium oxide and a gas comprising gaseous hydrogen chloride. | 02-12-2015 |
20150064752 | POLYPEPTIDE CONFERRING ACID TOLERANT PROPERTY TO YEAST CELL, POLYNUCLEOTIDE ENCODING THE SAME, YEAST CELL HAVING INCREASED AMOUNT OF THE POLYPEPTIDE, METHOD OF PRODUCING A PRODUCT BY USING THE YEAST CELL, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ACID-TOLERANT YEAST CELL - A polypeptide conferring an acid-tolerant property on a yeast cell, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, a yeast cell including an increased amount of the polypeptide, a method of producing a product by using the yeast cell, and a method of producing an acid-tolerant yeast cell are provided. | 03-05-2015 |
20150072386 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ACID - To provide a method for producing an organic acid, whereby the desired organic acid can be efficiently recovered without necessity for adjusting the pH to a neutral level in the fermentation step. The method for producing an organic acid, comprises | 03-12-2015 |
20150079647 | FERMENTATION PROCESS - The present invention pertains to a fermentation process for the production of an organic acid salt including the steps of fermenting a microorganism in a fermentation medium in a fermentation reactor to form a fermentation broth having an organic acid salt, wherein part of the organic acid salt is present in the solid state and part of the organic acid salt is dissolved in the fermentation broth; withdrawing at least part of the fermentation broth from the fermentation reactor, providing the broth to a hydrocyclone, and withdrawing a top effluent and a bottom effluent from the hydrocyclone; providing the bottom effluent from the hydocyclone to a solid/liquid separation step, to form a solid fraction and a liquid fraction, providing at least 30 vol.% of the total of the top effluent from the hydrocyclone and the liquid fraction from the solid-liquid separation step to the fermentation reactor. | 03-19-2015 |
20150079648 | Biological Stabilization for Fermentable Biomass - A stabilized biomass and a method of producing a stabilized biomass is disclosed. The biomass has active matter containing carbon atoms having an average oxidation state, inactive matter, a biological catalyst having a fermentation organism capable of converting the active matter into a renewable material, and water. The biomass has not been milled. The biomass is suitable for use in the production of renewable materials, such as ethanol. | 03-19-2015 |
20150111266 | CARBON CAPTURE IN FERMENTATION - The invention provides processes and methods for utilization of carbon dioxide (CO | 04-23-2015 |
20150118724 | NOVEL D-LACTIC ACID-PRODUCING STRAIN AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method for preparing a D-lactic acid-producing strain modified to inhibit L-lactate dehydrogenase (L-LDH) activity and to introduce D-lactate dehydrogenase (D-LDH) activity in an L-lactic acid-producing strain, a mutated D-lactic acid-producing strain prepared by the above method, and a method for producing D-lactic acid including the steps of culturing the strain and recovering D-lactic acid from the culture media. | 04-30-2015 |
20150125915 | Method for Producing Lactic Acid - It is intended to provide a fungus of the genus | 05-07-2015 |
20150125916 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING L(+) - LACTIC ACID USING BACILLUS STRAINS - A process for producing L(+) lactic acid in high enatiopurity from lignocellulosic material which includes providing a hydrolysate of cellulose polymers prepared from said lignocellulosic material and comprising hexose and pentose sugars and contacting said hydrolysate with the bacterium | 05-07-2015 |
20150125917 | D(-) LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION - A process for producing D(-) lactic acid in high enatiopurity from lignocellulosic material includes providing a hydrolysate of cellulose polymers prepared from the lignocellulosic material, which includes hexose and pentose sugars and contacting the hydrolysate with the bacterium | 05-07-2015 |
20150132814 | PROCESS FOR FERMENTING SUGARS CONTAINING OLIGOMERIC SACCHARIDES - Sugar mixtures containing nonfermentable oligomers are fermented in the presence of certain enzymes that depolymerise the oligomers simultaneously with the fermentation process. | 05-14-2015 |
20150140624 | PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID FROM FERMENTATIONS USING MIXED BACTERIAL CULTURES - A method and system for producing lactic acid from biomass materials uses a mixed bacteria culture of at least one homofermentative lactic acid bacteria and at least one heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria in an integrated production system to increase the productivity and yield of lactic acid. | 05-21-2015 |
20150140625 | GENETICALLY ENGINEERED YEAST CELL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LACTATE, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTATE BY USING THE CELL - A genetically engineered yeast cell capable of producing lactate having increased TPI activity, a method of preparing the yeast cell, and a method of producing lactate by using the yeast cell. | 05-21-2015 |
20150140626 | GENETICALLY ENGINEERED YEAST CELL PRODUCING LACTATE INCLUDING ACETALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE, METHOD OF PRODUCING YEAST CELL, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTATE USING THE SAME - Provided is a genetically engineered yeast cell with lactate production capacity, including an enzyme that catalyzes conversion of acetaldehyde to acetyl-CoA and an enzyme that catalyzes conversion of pyruvate to lactate, which activities are increased compared to a parent cell of the yeast cell, as well as a method of producing the genetically engineered yeast cell and method of producing lactate using the genetically engineered yeast cell. | 05-21-2015 |
20150290840 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING PLASTIC PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a method for recycling at least one plastic product, the method comprising degrading at least one polymer of the plastic product to monomers using an enzyme and recovering the resulting monomers. The method of the invention may be used for degrading, simultaneously or sequentially at least two different polymers of the plastic product, and/or for recycling at least two plastic products. | 10-15-2015 |
20150299649 | HIGHLY EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID FROM HEMICELLULOSE SUGARS BY NEWLY ISOLATED THERMOPHILIC BACILLUS COAGULANS STRAINS - The present invention relates to newly isolated | 10-22-2015 |
20150315616 | YEAST CELLS HAVING DISRUPTED PATHWAY FROM DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE TO GLYCEROL - Yeast cells are genetically modified to disrupt a native metabolic pathway from dihydroxyacetone to glycerol. In certain aspects, the yeast cell is of the genera | 11-05-2015 |
20150344915 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUSING CHEMICAL PRODUCT - A process for producing a chemical product comprises a first fermentation step wherein fermentation is conducted by supplying a starting material compound and oxygen to a microorganism-containing liquid, to obtain a first fermentation broth containing a chemical product formed by the fermentation, a second fermentation step wherein the first fermentation broth is taken out and used as a second fermentation broth, and fermentation is conducted by supplying oxygen without supplying a starting material compound, so that the concentration of the starting material compound in the second fermentation broth is adjusted to be a concentration (Y) lower than a concentration (X) of the starting material compound in the first fermentation broth, and a separation step wherein the second fermentation broth is separated to obtain a separated liquid containing the chemical product. | 12-03-2015 |
20150353960 | EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS FROM CELLS CARRYING A METABOLIC-BYPASS GENE CASSETTE - Increasing the production of a glycolytic intermediate and the production of an organic compound, such as ethanol, by a bacteria expressing a polyglutamine protein is achieved by preparing a feed stream; combining the bacteria and feed stream; fermenting the feed stream; cooling the feed stream during fermentation; recovering the organic compound; and concentrating the organic compound. The feed stream can be a waste stream from an ethanol production facility. The process can allow for a similar yield to the ethanol plant alone but with the use of less feed stock, such as corn, sugarcane, sorghum, cassava, switchgrass, and wood chips. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353965 | 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 overall carbon capture. In certain aspects, the invention relates to processes for producing alcohols, particularly ethanol, from industrial waste streams, particularly steel mill off-gas. | 12-10-2015 |
20150368680 | PROCESS FOR THE SEQUESTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND THE FERMENTATIVE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - A process is described for the use of biological components of anaerobic microorganisms, in particular cultures or enzymes of anaerobic bacteria from the order Thermotogales such as | 12-24-2015 |
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20160024484 | GENETICALLY ENGINEERED AND ACID-RESISTANT YEAST CELL WITH ENHANCED ACTIVITY OF RADIATION SENSITIVITY COMPLEMENTING KINASE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTATE BY USING THE YEAST CELL - Provided is an acid-resistant yeast cell that is genetically engineered to enhance activity of a radiation sensitivity complementing kinase, and a method of producing lactate by using the yeast cell. | 01-28-2016 |
20160024536 | GENETICALLY ENGINEERED AND ACID-RESISTANT YEAST CELL WITH ENHANCED ERG5 ACTIVITY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTATE BY USING THE YEAST CELL - Provided is a recombinant acid resistance yeast cell that is genetically engineered to increase ERG5 activity and a method of producing lactate by using the yeast cell. | 01-28-2016 |
20160024537 | GENETICALLY ENGINEERED AND STRESS RESISTANT YEAST CELL WITH ENHANCED MSN2 ACTIVITY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTATE USING THE SAME - Provided is a yeast cell having a stress tolerance, wherein the yeast cell has enhanced MSN2 activity, a method of producing the yeast cell, and a method of producing lactate by using the same. | 01-28-2016 |
20160040151 | PROTEIN HAVING XYLOSE ISOMERASE ACTIVITY AND USE OF SAME - A eukaryotic cell having xylose utilization ability. Provided is a protein that has xylose isomerase activity and has an amino acid sequence including, when aligned with an amino acid sequence expressed by SEQ ID NO:1, the 1st to 6th motifs expressed respectively by SEQ ID NOs:2 to 7 from the N-terminus side in the order described, and having, in place of asparagine (N) in an amino acid sequence of the 6th motif, another amino acid. | 02-11-2016 |
20160040192 | SYNGAS FERMENTATION PROCESS AND MEDIUM - A process for fermenting syngas and a fermentation medium provides high ethanol productivity while removing medium components that were previously thought to be essential. The process is effective for providing a specific STY of at least about 1 g ethanol/(L-day-gram cells). In this aspect, the fermentation medium has a weight ratio of NH | 02-11-2016 |
20160068874 | GENETICALLY ENGINEERED YEAST CELL WITH ENHANCED EDC ACTIVITY AND CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING LACTATE, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE YEAST CELL, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTATE BY USING THE YEAST CELL - A genetically engineered yeast cell with enhanced activity of an EDC enzyme compared to that of a parent cell and capability of producing lactate, a method of producing the yeast cell, and a method of producing lactate by using the yeast cell. | 03-10-2016 |
20160083705 | ENZYME COMPOSITIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF FERMENTATION PROCESSES AND BY-PRODUCTS - The present technology relates to novel enzyme compositions for the use in processes of producing a fermentation product, in particular ethanol. The use of the disclosed enzyme composition results in improving the quality of by-products in the fermentative production process since they are capable of optimal degrading components in the fermented mash in the fermentation process. | 03-24-2016 |
20160083756 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN ORGANIC COMPOUND - A process of producing an organic compound and/or an intermediary compound includes feeding carbon dioxide to a culture of Cyanobacteria cells and subjecting the culture to light, wherein the cells are capable of expressing a nucleic acid molecule that confers the ability to convert a glycolytic intermediate into said organic/intermediary compound. The expression of the nucleic acid molecule is under the control of a regulatory system which responds to a change in the concentration of a nutrient in the culture. | 03-24-2016 |
20160138059 | Method for Manufacturing Optically Active Fluorolactic Acid Derivative - A production method of an optically active fluorolactic derivative according to the present invention includes asymmetrically reducing a fluoropyruvic acid derivative (or fluoropyruvic acid hydrate) with the use of an α-keto acid dehydrogenase or α-keto acid reductase. The optically active fluorolactic derivative can be obtained with high optical purity under mild reaction conditions by the asymmetric reduction reaction of the fluoropyruvic acid derivative with the specific enzyme. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138060 | PROCESS FOR FERMENTING SUGARS CONTAINING OLIGOMERIC SACCHARIDES - Sugar mixtures containing nonfermentable oligomers are fermented in the presence of certain enzymes that depolymerise the oligomers simultaneously with the fermentation process. | 05-19-2016 |
20160145653 | RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI FOR PRODUCING D-LACTATE AND USE THEREOF - Provided is recombinant | 05-26-2016 |
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