Tobacco biomass utilization

• Main Author: PANDOLFINO JOSEPH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.05.2007
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHOSPHATIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS; SPIRITS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; VINEGAR; WINE; WORKING-UP PROTEINS FOR FOODSTUFFS

The present invention discloses a method for the fermentative production of ethanol comprising providing a reduced nicotine recombinant tobacco plant or a portion thereof, fermenting the plant or portion thereof in a fermentation vessel for a time sufficient to produce ethanol therefrom, and then collecting the ethanol from the fermentation vessel. The present invention also discloses a method of sustaining an animal subject comprising feeding the animal subject a reduced nicotine recombinant tobacco plant or a portion thereof. The present invention also discloses a method of producing a protein fraction from plant biomass comprising providing a reduced nicotine recombinant tobacco plant or a portion thereof and then collecting a protein fraction from the recombinant plant or plant portion.