Ethanol Production Using Xylitol Synthesis Mutant of Xylose-Utilizing Zymomonas

Paul Viitanen; Carol McCutchen; Mark Emptage; Perry Caimi; Min zhang; Yat-Chen Chou

Ethanol Production Using Xylitol Synthesis Mutant of Xylose-Utilizing Zymomonas

Paul Viitanen (Inventor), Carol McCutchen (Inventor), Mark Emptage (Inventor), Perry Caimi (Inventor), Min zhang (Inventor), Yat-Chen Chou (Inventor)

Catalytic Carbon Transformation and Scale-Up Center

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

Production of ethanol using a strain of xylose-utilizing Zymomonas with a genetic modification of the glucose-fructose oxidoreductase gene was found to be improved due to greatly reduced production of xylitol, a detrimental by-product of xylose metabolism synthesized during fermentation.

Original language	American English
Patent number	7,741,084
State	Published - 2010

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NREL/PT-5100-51078

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Ethanol Production Using Xylitol Synthesis Mutant of Xylose-Utilizing Zymomonas

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