METHODS FOR INCREASING CARBON CONVERSION EFFICIENCY IN MICROORGANISMS

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EP 0 660 875 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	05.07.1995 Bulletin 1995/27

(21)	Application number: 94918169.0

(22)	Date of filing: 27.05.1994

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C12N 15/ 09^{( . )}
C12N 9/ 12^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 52^{( . )}
C12P 1/ 04^{( . )}
C12P 13/ 22^{( . )}

C12N 1/ 21^{( . )}
C12N 9/ 88^{( . )}
C12P 1/ 00^{( . )}
C12P 13/ 06^{( . )}
C12R 1/ 19^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1994/006084

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1994/028154 (08.12.1994 Gazette 1994/27)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

27.05.1993 US 19930068433

(71)	Applicant: THE NUTRASWEET COMPANY
	Deerfield Illinois 60015 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	KOEHN, Sandra, J. Streamwood, IL 60107 (US) EVANS, Thomas, M. Long Grove, IL 60047 (US) NELSON, Richard, A. Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 (US) TAYLOR, Paul, P. Arlington Heights, IL 60004 (US)

(74)	Representative: Blum, Rudolf Emil Ernst, et al
	c/o E. Blum & Co Patentanwälte Vorderberg 11 CH-8044 Zürich CH-8044 Zürich (CH)

(54)	METHODS FOR INCREASING CARBON CONVERSION EFFICIENCY IN MICROORGANISMS