YEAST EXPRESSING CELLULASES FOR SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION USING CELLULOSE

• Main Authors: PENTTILA MERJA, GILBERT ALAN, VOUTILAINEN SANNI, BARDSLEY JOHN, KOIVULA ANU, STONEHOUSE EMILY A, DEN HAAN RIAAN, DELEAULT KRISTEN, RAJGARHIA VINEET, SIIKA-AHO MATTI, WILLES DEIDRE, FROEHLICH ALLAN, ILMEN MARJA, UUSITALO JAANA, MCBRIDE JOHN, MELLON MARK, XU HAOWEN, BREVNOVA ELENA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.01.2016
• 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; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention is directed to cellulytic host cells. The host cells of the invention expressing heterologous cellulases and are able to produce ethanol from cellulose. According to the invention, host cells expressing a combination of heterologous cellulases can be used to produce ethanol fro...