Patent ID: 8101397
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: C07C,C10G,C12N,C12P,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An engineered photosynthetic microbe, wherein said engineered photosynthetic microbe comprises a recombinant acyl-ACP reductase enzyme and a recombinant alkanal decarboxylative monooxygenase enzyme; and wherein said photosynthetic microbe, when cultured in the presence of light and carbon dioxide, produces n-alkanes, wherein at least one of said n-alkanes is selected from the group consisting of n-tridecane, n-tetradecane, n-pentadecane, n-hexadecane, and n-heptadecane, and wherein the amount of said n-alkanes produced is between 0.1% and 5% dry cell weight and at least two times the amount produced by an otherwise identical photosynthetic microbe, cultured under identical conditions, but lacking said recombinant acyl-ACP reductase enzyme and said alkanal decarboxylative monooxygenase enzyme.