Abstract
The invention relates to a method for homo-ethanol production from lactose using a genetically modified lactic acid bacterium of the invention, where the cells are provided with a substrate comprising dairy waste supplemented with an amino nitrogen source (such as acid hydrolysed corn steep liquor). The invention further relates to genetically modified lactic acid bacterium and its use for homo-ethanol production from lactose in dairy waste. The lactic acid bacterium comprises both genes (lacABCD, LacEF, lacG) encoding enzymes catalysing the lactose catabolism pathway; and transgenes (pdc and adhB) encoding enzymes catalysing the conversion of pyruvate to ethanol. Additionally a number of genes (Idh, pta and adhE) are deleted in order to maximise homo-ethanol production as compared to production of lactate, acetoin and acetate production.
| Original language | English |
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| IPC | C12N 15/ 75 A I |
| Patent number | WO2017144672 |
| Filing date | 31/08/2017 |
| Country/Territory | International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |
| Priority date | 25/02/2016 |
| Priority number | EP20160157325 |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Aug 2017 |