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Pentose Fermentation of Normally Toxic Lignocellulose Prehydrolysate with Strain of Pichia Stipitis Yeast Using Air

U.S. Patent 6,498,029


Technology Description

Strains of the yeast Pichia stipitis NPw9 (ATCC PTA-3717) useful for the production of ethanol using oxygen for growth while fermenting normally toxic lignocellulosic prehydrolysates.

Inventors

Fred A. Keller Jr; Quang A. Nguyen

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