Patent ID: 11965203
Assignee: NEWLIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 2:
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the culture of methanotrophic microorganisms characterized by:
(a) lack of the genetic material encoding soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO), failure to transcribe DNA encoding sMMO or translate mRNA encoding sMMO, and/or failure to produce a functional sMMO enzyme;
(b) having the genetic material encoding the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway, transcribing DNA encoding the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway, and translating mRNA encoding the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway; and
(c) the capability of producing polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) at intracellular PHA concentrations with a ratio of PHA to non-PHA biomass exceeding 3:1 on a dry weight basis.