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Gary Pigeau0
Jennifer Donaldson0
Loreta Gudynaite-Savitch0
Philippe J. Dufresne0
Glenn D. Munkvold0
Jan-Maarten A. Geertman0
Date of Patent
January 20, 2015
0Patent Application Number
140452780
Date Filed
October 3, 2013
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
The present invention relates to novel xylose-fermenting yeast strains (for example, yeast of the genus Saccharomyces, e.g., S. cerevisiae) with an enhanced ability to ferment the xylose (and/or another pentose sugar) present in a lignocellulosic hydrolysate to a fermentation product(s) (for example, an alcohol (e.g., ethanol) or a sugar alcohol (e.g., xylitol)).
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