Ka-Yiu San - Houston TX, US George Bennett - Houston TX, US Allen Sanchez - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Assignee:
RICE UNIVERSITY - Houston TX
International Classification:
C12P 7/46 C12P 7/40 C12N 1/21
US Classification:
435136000, 435252300, 435145000
Abstract:
The invention relates to a mutant strain of bacteria, which either lacks or contains mutant genes for several key metabolic enzymes, and which produces high amounts of succinic acid under anaerobic conditions.