ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,730, issued on Sept. 15.

"Engineered strains of Corynebacteria" was invented by Shawn Manchester (Decatur, Ill.) and Peter Enyeart (Decatur, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides engineered strains of Corynebacteria for the cost-effective production of lysine, tools and methods used to produce the engineered strains, and methods of using the engineered strains to produce lysine."

The patent was filed on Sept. 6, 2019, under Application No. 17/274,093.

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