ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,479, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) and Microbiogen Pty Ltd. (Sydney).
"Fermenting organism for ethanol production" was invented by Roberto Nobuyuki Maeda (Curitiba, Brazil) and Philip John Livingstone Bell (Turramurra, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to processes for producing ethanol comprising saccharifying cellulosic or starch-containing material and fermenting the saccharified material with a fermenting microorganism to produce ethanol. The fermenting organism is Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain MBG5151 (deposited under Accession No. Y-67971 at the Agri...