ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,881, issued on July 1, was assigned to Beijing University of Chemical Technology (Beijing).

"Genetic engineering bacterium for de novo synthesis of cis,cis-muconic acid by taking glucose as substrate and applications thereof" was invented by Tianwei Tan (Beijing) and Menglei Li (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a genetic engineering bacterium for de novo synthesis of cis,cis-muconic acid by taking glucose as a substrate and applications thereof, and belongs to the technical field of genetic recombination and metabolic engineering. The genetic engineering bacterium for de novo synthesis of cis,cis-...