Patent ID: 11939611
Assignee: INV NYLON CHEMICALS AMERICAS, LLC
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  F  Y | IPC C  F

Claim 13:
14. A biocatalytic process for producing a product, comprising:
providing an aqueous thin stillage stream from a bio-ethanol production process to a fermentation zone, wherein the aqueous thin stillage stream from a bio-ethanol production process comprises (1) at least one glycerol, carbohydrate, or oligomer of carbohydrate, and (2) a carboxylic acid;
providing a gaseous stream comprising at least one of CO2, H2, CO2/H2, methane, and CO to the fermentation zone;
providing a Cupriavidus necator to the fermentation zone, wherein the Cupriavidus necator mixotrophically metabolizes at least one gaseous substrate in the gaseous stream and (1) at least one glycerol, carbohydrate, or oligomer of carbohydrate, and (2) a carboxylic acid in the aqueous thin stillage stream and forms at least 2.1× up to 4.2× more product via the fermentation as compared to fermentation in E. coli; 
wherein the product comprises 7-aminoheptanoic acid.