US Patent Issued to KANEKA on Aug. 12 for "Transformed microorganism and method of producing polyhydroxyalkanoate" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,018, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Transformed microorganism and method of producing polyhydroxyalkanoate" was invented by Hisashi Arikawa (Takasago, Japan) and Shunsuke Sato (Takasago, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a transformed microorganism that has a polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase gene and in which expression of a minD gene is enhanced. Also provided is a transformed microorganism that has a polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase gene and in which expression of a minC gene and a minD gene is enhanced. In this transformed microorganism, expression of a minE gene may be enhanced or reduce...