US Patent Issued to Genomatica on Jan. 20 for "Microorganisms and methods for improving product yields on methanol using acetyl-CoA synthesis" (California, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,078, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Genomatica Inc. (San Diego).

"Microorganisms and methods for improving product yields on methanol using acetyl-CoA synthesis" was invented by Robin E. Osterhout (San Diego), Anthony P. Burgard (Elizabeth, Pa.), Priti Pharkya (San Diego) and Stefan Andrae (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms containing enzymatic pathways and/or metabolic modifications for enhancing carbon flux through acetyl-CoA. In some embodiments, the microbial organisms of the invention having such pathways also include pathways for generating reducing e...