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Chemistry: Molecular Biology And Microbiology > Micro-organism, Tissue Cell Culture Or Enzyme Using Process To Synthesize A Desired Chemical Compound Or Composition > Preparing Oxygen-containing Organic Compound > Containing Hydroxy Group > Acyclic > Ethanol EthanolEthanol patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.04/12/07 - 20070082386 - Traits in recombinant xylose-growing saccharomyces cerevisiae strains using genome-wide transcription analysis New xylose-utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain which can ferment xylose to ethanol. It expresses the gene for A) xylose reducatse (XR) and Xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH) or B) xylose isomerase (XI) and has a) increased transporting capacity with regard to xylose, b) increased conversion capacity of xylulose to xylulose-5P, c) increased activity ... 04/12/07 - 20070082385 - Fermentation process The present invention provides a process of producing a fermentation product including introducing the fermenting organism into the fermentation medium and thereafter adding a carbohydrate generating enzyme after the lag phase of the fermenting organism and then carry out fermentation under conditions suitable for producing the fermentation product in question. ... 03/15/07 - 20070059813 - Recovery method for immobilized biocatalysts Processes for the production of a product by the enzymatic treatment of a soluble or particulate substrate with a particulate, immobilized enzyme, by treating a process liquor containing the substrate in a bioreactor to produce a slurry of effluent immobilized enzyme and the product in an effluent liquor. The slurry ... 03/08/07 - 20070054388 - Method for immobilising microorganisms, related material, and use thereof The present invention relates to a method for immobilising microorganisms (particularly yeasts or bacteria), a related material, and the use thereof in fermentation or bioconversion. Specifically, the present invention relates to the immobilisation of microorganisms in optionally dehydrated polymeric spheres consisting of two or more layers. The technical problem is ... 02/15/07 - 20070037267 - Methods and systems for producing ethanol using raw starch and fractionation The present invention relates to methods for producing high levels of alcohol during fermentation of plant material, and to the high alcohol beer produced. The method can include fractionating the plant material. The present invention also relates to methods for producing high protein distiller's dried grain from fermentation of plant ... 02/08/07 - 20070031954 - Ethanol recovery process A process for producing and recovering light alcohols, particularly ethanol, alcohol mixtures containing ethanol, and ABE mixtures (alcohol mixtures containing acetone, butanol and ethanol), using a combination of steps including fermentation, first membrane separation, dephlegmation and dehydration by second membrane separation. ... 02/08/07 - 20070031953 - Treatment of biomass to obtain ethanol Ethanol was produced using biocatalysts that are able to ferment sugars derived from treated biomass. Sugars were obtained by pretreating biomass under conditions of high solids and low ammonia concentration, followed by saccharification. ... 02/08/07 - 20070031952 - Alcohol product processes The present invention relates to processes for production of an alcohol product from granular starch comprising a pre-treatment at an elevated temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature of said granular starch followed by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. ... 01/18/07 - 20070015266 - 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 thereof. The invention is also related to DNA sequences coding for the glucoamylases, vectors and host cells incorporating the DNA sequences, ... 01/04/07 - 20070004018 - 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 thereof. The invention is also related to DNA sequences coding for the glucoamylases, vectors and host cells incorporating the DNA sequences, ... 12/21/06 - 20060286654 - Alcohol production using sonication A system comprising one or more transducers and an alcohol production facility having a liquid medium processing stream, the alcohol production facility adapted for use with the one or more transducers is provided. In one embodiment, the one or more transducers apply sonication to the liquid medium processing stream in ... 12/14/06 - 20060281157 - Dry solids staging fermentation process A dry solids staging fermentation process for producing an end-product, such as ethanol is disclosed said process including an initial fermentation step including combining a first fermentable substrate with one or more starch hydrolyzing enzymes and fermenting organisms in a fermentation vessel and a loading step which includes adding a ... 12/07/06 - 20060275882 - Mash viscosity reduction The invention relates to a process for producing a fermentation product wherein the viscosity of the mash is reduced by application of beta-glucanase and xylanase activity. ... 11/16/06 - 20060257984 - 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 processing and especially ethanol production. ... 11/09/06 - 20060252137 - Ethanol fermentation using oxidation reduction potential A process to improve ethanol yield, decrease fermentation time and reduce byproduct formation by monitoring and controlling oxidation reduction potential (redox) of the fermentor is disclosed. ... 10/19/06 - 20060234364 - Genetically modified yeast species and fermenation processes using genetically modified yeast Yeast cells are transformed with an exogenous xylose isomerase gene. Additional genetic modifications enhance the ability of the transformed cells to ferment xylose to ethanol or other desired fermentation products. Those modifications', include deletion of non-specific or specific aldose reductase gene(s), deletion of xylitol dehydrogenase gene(s) and/or overexpression of xylulokinase. ... 10/12/06 - 20060228789 - 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 yeast strains. ... 09/28/06 - 20060216804 - Construction of new xylose utilizing saccharomyces cerevisiae strain The present invention relates to a novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain utilizing xylose for fermenting ethanol expressing xylose isomerase (XI), overexpressing xylulokinase (XK), overexpressing the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), and non-expressing aldose reductase (AR) and being adapted to growth in mineral defined medium with xylose as sole carbon source. ... 08/31/06 - 20060194296 - Ethanol production process An improved ethanol production process providing novel stillage treatment is disclosed wherein the stillage is separated into four value added product streams that are subjected to drying conditions reducing or eliminating volatization of any VOC's in the product streams. ... 08/24/06 - 20060188968 - Process for production of ethanol using stable yeast crystals in modified conventional batch reactor Ethanol demand is ever increasing mainly because of its utilization as organic solvent and as starting compound for production of many organic solvents. In addition, it can replace the natural petroleum sources as energy fuels. Conventional method of ethanol production is performed mainly by batch fermentation, which requires addition of ... 08/10/06 - 20060177917 - Process for the production of cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzymes using distillation residues from the ethanolic fermentation of enzymatic hydrolyzates of (ligno)cellulosic materials A process for producing cellulolytic and/or hemicellulolytic enzymes uses the residue from the ethanolic fermentation of enzymatic hydrolyzates of cellulosic or ligno-cellulosic materials. This process may be integrated into a process for the production of ethanol from cellulosic or ligno-cellulosic materials which comprises the following steps: 1) chemical and/or physical ... 08/10/06 - 20060177916 - Ethanol production from citrus processing waste Processes for producing ethanol from citrus waste by reducing the concentration of limonene in citrus waste to allow fermentation are disclosed. In one embodiment a slurry of ground citrus waste 1 is partially hydrolyzed by heating using a jet cooker 2 and then injected into a flash tank 4 to ... 08/03/06 - 20060172403 - 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 producing and using the polypeptides. The invention also relates to the composition comprising a glucoamylase ... 07/13/06 - 20060154353 - 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 microorganism under suitable fermentation conditions at a temperature below the starch gelatinization temperature of ... 07/13/06 - 20060154352 - Upflow settling reactor for enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose A process for the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose to produce a hydrolysis product from a pre-treated cellulosic feedstock is provided. The process comprises introducing an aqueous slurry of the pre-treated cellulosic feedstock at the bottom of a hydrolysis reactor. Axial dispersion in the reactor is limited by avoiding mixing and ... 07/06/06 - 20060148054 - Enzymes for starch processing The present invention relates to polypeptides comprising a carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and,an alpha-amylase amino acid sequence as well as to the application of such polypeptides. ... 06/29/06 - 20060141595 - Process for continuous manufacture of invert sugar syrup and alcohol The present invention relates to an improved process for the manufacture of invert sugar syrup and alcohol capable of operating in the continuous mode for enzymatic hydrolysis of sucrose or sucrose containing sources for the production of invert syrup and thereby alcohol fermentation and using a recyclable solid catalyst ... 06/08/06 - 20060121589 - Heterologous expression of an aspergillus kawachi acid-stable alpha amylase and applications in granular starch hydrolysis The present invention relates to a granular starch hydrolyzing enzyme composition comprising an acid stable alpha amylase (asAA) having granular starch hydrolyzing activity. The invention also relates to a one-step method for producing an alcohol which comprises contacting a granular starch substrate with an acid-stable alpha amylase (asAA) having granular ... 06/01/06 - 20060115884 - Ethanol fermentation using oxidation reduction potential A process to improve ethanol yield, decrease fermentation time and reduce byproduct formation by monitoring and controlling oxidation reduction potential (redox) of the fermentor is disclosed. ... 05/25/06 - 20060110812 - Methods and compositions for simultaneous saccharification and fermentation The invention provides compositions and methods for the synergistic degradation of oligosaccharides by endoglucanases. The invention further provides recombinant host cells containing one or more genes encoding endoglucanses which are capable of the synergistic degradation of oligosaccharides. Preferred host cells of the invention are ethanologenic and capable of carrying out ... 05/18/06 - 20060105442 - Promoters and proteins from clostridium thermocellum and uses thereof The present invention relates to an inducible and a high expression nucleic acid promoter isolated from Clostridium thermocellum. These promoters are useful for directing expression of a protein or polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid molecule operably associated with the nucleic acid promoters. The present invention also relates to nucleic ... 04/27/06 - 20060088922 - Lignin blockers 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 and allows for the determination of optimized pretreatment conditions. Additionally, ethanol yields from a Simultaneous Saccharification and ... 04/20/06 - 20060084156 - Methods for producing ethanol 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 ... 03/09/06 - 20060051849 - Thermostable alpha-amylases An isolated polynucleotide comprising an open reading frame encoding a polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity, the polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: a) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence which has at least 70% identity with amino acids 22 to 450 of SEQ ID NO:4; b) a polypeptide comprising ... 03/09/06 - 20060051848 - Novel ethanol producing bacterium and process for producing ethanol A bacterium capable of producing ethanol at a temperature of 40° C. or more from a carbon compound which is gaseous at ordinary temperature and ordinary pressure as the raw material, and a process for producing ethanol by culturing the bacterium at 40° C. or more. ... 02/16/06 - 20060035355 - Method for producing sugar and a useful material An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing sugar and ethanol from sugar cane, in which almost all of energy to be consumed in the production processes of the sugar, the ethanol and the like can be supplied by the energy obtained by burning a ... 02/16/06 - 20060035354 - Method for producing ethanol by using corn flours A method for producing ethanol starting from corn flours, which provides for the milling of the corn, the separation of the light fractions (bran), a first refining of the milled fractions, a first sifting with germ separation, a second refining of the milled fractions, and a second sifting with germ ... 01/26/06 - 20060019360 - 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, using enzymatic milling and fermentation steps, followed by conversion of the acetic acid ... 01/19/06 - 20060014260 - Lower cellulase requirements for biomass cellulose hydrolysis and fermentation A semi-continuous simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process for the bioconversion of cellulose into ethanol and other organic chemicals is disclosed. The process provides for substantially higher substrate conversion at a given enzyme loading (or alternatively a lower enzyme loading used to achieve the same conversion) in a reactor operated ... 12/08/05 - 20050272137 - Fermentation with a phytase The present invention relates to an improved fermenation process wherein phytic acid-containing material is fermented in the presence of a phytase. ... 12/01/05 - 20050266540 - 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 comprising CO and H2; and contacting at least a portion of ... 12/01/05 - 20050266539 - Apparatus for the production of alcohol The aim of the invention is to produce alcohol from plant-based raw materials while reducing energy consumption. Said aim is achieved by separating the husk protion of cereals during grinding and feed said husk portion to a dryer (21) which dries distiller's wash as a carrier medium for distiller's wash. ... 10/27/05 - 20050239181 - Continuous process for producing ethanol using raw starch The present invention relates to methods for producing high levels of alcohol during fermentation of plant material, and to the high alcohol beer produced. The method can include adding substrate continuously or clarifying continuously. The present invention also relates to methods for producing high protein distiller's dried grain from fermentation ... 10/13/05 - 20050227341 - Increased-capacity still for high-quality distillation A still for distilling an alcoholic liquid such as wine. The still includes a chamber with a copper wall, which is intended to receive an alcoholic liquid, the capacity of the chamber representing a certain volume. The liquid which occupies the volume at the start of the distillation and the ... 09/22/05 - 20050208636 - Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant The present invention relates to a method for improved ethanol production from xylose utilising strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae comprising genes for overexpression of xylose reductase, xylitol dehydrogenase and xylulokinase, wherein in addition to said genes, one or more specific genes of a defined group is overexpressed, and/or one or more ... 09/01/05 - 20050191736 - Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity andpolynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. ... 08/18/05 - 20050181492 - Ethanol production The present invention relates to the production of ethanol as a product of bacterial fermentation. In particular this invention relates to a novel method of gene inactivation and gene expression based upon homologous recombination. ... 08/04/05 - 20050170483 - Chaotic fermentation of ethanol A method and apparatus for fermentation of ethanol. A method comprises selecting a desired fermentation on process with oscillatory process characteristics, providing a fermentor and a biocatalyst, feeding a substrate to the fermentor, and fermenting under chaotic conditions. An apparatus comprises a fermentor, a process control system capable of operating ... 07/21/05 - 20050158836 - Ethanol production in gram-positive microbes The subject invention concerns the transformation of Gram-positive bacteria with heterologous genes which confer upon these microbes the ability to produce ethanol as a fermentation product. Specifically exemplified is the transformation of bacteria with genes, obtainable from Zymomonas mobilis, which encode pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase. ... 07/14/05 - 20050153411 - Metabolic engineering for improved xylose utilisation of saccharomyces cerevisiae The present invention relates to a method for preparing an ethanol producing, xylose utilizing strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae comprising genes for overexpression of xylose reductase, xylitol dehydrogenase and xylulokinase, wherein in addition to said genes for production o phosphoacetyltransferase, and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase are introduced and optionally overexpressed. ... 07/14/05 - 20050153410 - 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 milk), fuel ethanol, and bio-gas/bio-fertilizer. Fossil fuel consumption is substantially reduced, even eliminated, and 100% ... 07/07/05 - 20050148056 - Kluyveromyces 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 provided are methods for converting cellulose, hexoses, or mixed hydrolysates of hexoses to ... 06/30/05 - 20050142648 - 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 gene (L-arabinose isomerase), araB gene (L-ribulokinase D121-N) and araD gene (L-ribulose-5-P 4-epimerase) and carrying additional mutations in its genome or ... 06/02/05 - 20050118693 - Process for fractionating seeds of cereal grains A method for separating bran, endosperm and germ in a seed particle, comprising: Smashing the seed against a surface that produces separation of the germ from a bran-endosperm complex; Separating the germ from the bran endosperm complex; Freezing the bran endosperm complex; and Subjecting the frozen bran endosperm complex to ... 06/02/05 - 20050118692 - Alcohol production using sonication A system and method comprising one or more transducers and an alcohol production facility having a liquid medium processing stream, the alcohol production facility adapted for use with the one or more transducers is provided. In one embodiment, the one or more transducers apply sonication to the liquid medium processing ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |