US Patent Issued to CENTRO NACIONAL DE PESQUISA EM ENERGIA E MATERIAIS on Jan. 27 for "Modified Trichoderma fungal strain for the production of an enzyme cocktail" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,500, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CENTRO NACIONAL DE PESQUISA EM ENERGIA E MATERIAIS (Campinas, Brazil).

"Modified Trichoderma fungal strain for the production of an enzyme cocktail" was invented by Mario Tyago Murakami (Paulinia, Brazil), Lucas Miranda Fonseca (Sumare, Brazil) and Lucas Salera Parreiras (Holambra, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel strain of Trichoderma comprising genetic modifications that enable the improved production of an enzyme cocktail, involving at least upregulation of the transcription factor Xyr1 according to SEQ ID No. 1; disruption of the gene ACE1 accor...