Patent ID: 9315771
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: A01H,C12N

Claim Text:
1. A genetically modified non-vascular photosynthetic organism comprising at least one RNAi agent, said at least one RNAi agent comprising an antisense nucleotide sequence that is complementary to the mRNA transcribed from SEQ ID NO. 115 or a sequence having at least 95% identity thereto; wherein said non-vascular photosynthetic organism has an increased growth rate in an aqueous environment containing between about 75 mM and 275 mM sodium chloride as compared to a genetically unmodified non-vascular photosynthetic organism of the same species lacking said at least one RNAi agent; and wherein said photosynthetic organism is at least one of Chlamvdomonas sp, Volvacales sp, Dunaliella sp, Scenedesmus sp, Chloralla sp, Hematococcus sp., Volvox sp, or Nannochloropsis sp.