Matthew D Kelker

US Patent:

20190203233, Jul 4, 2019

Filed:

Dec 28, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/235119

Inventors:

- Indianapolis IN, US
Mark G. Goebl - Indianapolis IN, US
Kathryn A. Houin - Lebanon IN, US
Matthew S. Kelker - Zionsville IN, US
Nadaraj Palaniappan - Carmel IN, US

Assignee:

Xylogenics, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

International Classification:

C12P 7/06

Abstract:

Disclosed herein are materials and methods for the production of high concentrations of ethanol from plant starch material broken down into disaccharide and trisaccharide sugars such as maltose, isomaltose, and maltotriose from uncooked starch. Herein is also described use of a yeast strain capable of fermenting high maltose syrups into ethanol without the need to convert disaccharides or trisaccharides into glucose using exogenous glucoamylases.