US Patent Issued to DANISCO US on April 21 for "Over-expression of GDS1 in yeast for increased ethanol and decreased acetate production" (California, Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,599, issued on April 21, was assigned to DANISCO US INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Over-expression of GDS1 in yeast for increased ethanol and decreased acetate production" was invented by Zhongqiang Chen (Wilmington, Del.), Min Qi (Palo Alto, Calif.), Luan Tao (Wallingford, Pa.) and Quinn Qun Zhu (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are compositions and methods relating to modified yeast that over-express the glycerol-deficient suppressor, GDS1. The yeast produces an increased amount of ethanol and a deceased amount of acetate compared to parental cells. Such yeast is particularly useful for large-scale ethanol pr...