Patents Assigned to Phage Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • strains metabolizing cellulosic and hemicellulosic materials
    Patent number: 8304219
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of microorganisms for the generation of ethanol from lignocellulosic waste materials. Yeast strains of the genus Kluyveromyces which have the capability to ferment cellulose, hexose sugars to ethanol are provided. Also provided are methods for converting cellulose, hexoses, or mixed hydrolysates of hexoses to ethanol by fermentation with Kluyveromyces strains. The invention also provides methods to isolate yeast strains which metabolize cellulose, pentoses, or hemicelluloses from waste materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Phage Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Paul Levine