ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,556, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AMYRIS INC. (Emeryville, Calif.) and TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES (Puteaux, France).

"Methods for stabilizing production of acetyl-coenzyme a derived compounds" was invented by Hanxiao Jiang (Emeryville, Calif.) and Adam Meadows (Emeryville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the use of a switch for the production of heterologous non-catabolic compounds in microbial host cells. In one aspect, provided herein are genetically modified microorganisms that produce non-catabolic compounds more stably when serially cultured under aerobic conditions followed by microae...