Patents by Inventor Melissa Bosak

Melissa Bosak has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optimized bacterial host strains of methylomonas sp. 16a
    Publication number: 20050124033
    Abstract: Methanotrophic bacterial strains are provided that have been optimized for the production of carotenoid compounds through the down-regulation of one or more of the crtN1, aid, crtN2 and crtN3 genes of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway. The resulting strains lack pigmented C30 carotenoid compounds, and show an increase in the production of C40 carotenoids. The use of the optimized host strains for the production of the C40 carotenoids canthaxanthin and astaxanthin is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Pamela Sharpe, Qiong Cheng, Melissa Bosak, Luan Tao, Natalia Sedkova