Patent ID: 9062294
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: C07C,C07K,C10L,C12N,C12P,C12Y,Y02E,Y02P,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A fuel prepared by a process, the process comprising: (a) providing a triglyceride oil isolated from a cultivated oleaginous microorganism, wherein the oleaginous microorganism comprises an exogenous fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase gene that encodes a fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase having hydrolysis activity towards one or more fatty acyl-ACP substrates of chain length 8 to 18 carbon atoms, and produces triglyceride oil enriched in esterified fatty acids of chain length 8 to 18; (b) performing one or more chemical reactions on the triglyceride oil to produce the fuel; and (c) separating and recovering the fuel from the products of the chemical reaction mixture after performing step (b).