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WO/2011/127118A1
The present invention provides methods for producing oil in microbial cells. Also provided are methods for producing such cells and uses thereof.  
WO/2011/126383A1
A process for producing one or more organic chemical products or fuel from microalgae or other lipid-containing biomass by means of high pressure hydrothermal treatment in the presence of clays and other aluminosilicates.  
WO/2011/123576A2
The present invention relates to methods for producing monoterpenes, particularly tricyclene, by culturing microbial organisms that express a terpene synthase and optionally a prenyl transferase.  
WO/2011/123850A2
Disclosed are drying methods for preserving cultures of methanogens and dried cultures obtained by the disclosed drying methods. The dried cultures of methanogens may be reconstituted and utilized to bioaugment anaerobic digester systems.  
WO/2011/112736A2
An improved process and apparatus for producing biogas having a high methane content from a feed or substrate. Feed material is injected into a reactor having anaerobic microorganisms to form a bulk liquid in the reactor. The oxidation-r...  
WO/2011/102841A1
a method for producing a hydrocarbon based product (e.g., biofuel or biodiesel), a microorganism (e.g., algae) that can be cultivated and harvested for producing a hydrocarbon based product, a method for producing a hydrocarbon based pro...  
WO/2011/101137A1
The invention relates to a method and systems for producing greenhouse gas-reduced biogas, for the processing of the same to greenhouse gas-reduced biomethane and regenerative carbon dioxide (CO2), for mixing greenhouse gas-reduced biome...  
WO/2011/097075A2
Methods are provided for the efficient fractionation of lignocellulosic biomasses into cellulosic, hemicellulosic and lignin fractions, wherein concentrated organic acid vapors are applied to the biomass at elevated temperatures at the l...  
WO/2011/092136A1
A biogas production process with enzymatic pre-treatment, said process comprising the steps of providing a slurry comprising a lignocellulose-containing material, water and one or more enzyme; allowing the one or more enzyme to degrade t...  
WO/2011/088206A1
A recombinant microorganism employing a bacterial pathway to produce a cyclic amino acid (e.g., coronamic acid or norcoronamic acid) and a plant enzyme (ACC oxidase) to oxidize the amino acid and produce an alkene (e.g., 1-butene or prop...  
WO/2011/085642A1
A Chlamydomonas strain is provided. The strain is identified as a novel strain, and its deposit number is CGMCC No.3577. The lipid content of said strain is high, thus it can be used for preparing biodiesel, animal feed and edible oil.  
WO/2011/079925A2
The invention relates to a method for increasing the gas yield in a fermenting device, in particular a biogas system or a fermenter, wherein biomass is subjected to inertial forces in an action chamber before and/or after the fermentatio...  
WO/2011/080518A1
Methods for increasing the rate of methane production in a subsurface reservoir are provided.  
WO/2011/076689A1
Described is a method for producing an alkene comprising the step of converting an alcohol by an enzymatic dehydration step. The conversion preferably makes use of a prenyl isoflavonoid hydratase, in particular of a kievitone hydratase (...  
WO/2011/079314A2
Provided herein are improved compositions and methods for the increased production of isoprene. Also provided herein are improved compositions and methods for the increased production of heterologous polypeptides capable of biological ac...  
WO/2011/076691A1
Described is a method for producing an alkene comprising the step of converting an alcohol by an enzymatic dehydration step. The conversion preferably makes use of an unsaturated fatty acid hydratase, in particular of an oleate hydratase...  
WO/2011/078974A1
There is provided a process for converting high free fatty acid containing feedstock such as acidulated soapstock into hydrocarbon compound especially fuel range hydrocarbons using amidation as a pretreatment step followed by hydroproces...  
WO/2011/076261A1
Described is a method for the enzymatic production of isoprenol using mevalonate as a substrate and enzymatically converting it by a decarboxylation step into isoprenol as well as the use of an enzyme which is capable of catalyzing the d...  
WO/2011/075163A1
Method of bioconversion of coal to methane, carbon dioxide, and other valuable gaseous and liquid products in a multi-step process that may include particle size reduction, separation of non-coal materials, addition chemicals, and multi-...  
WO/2011/072369A1
An anaerobic organic substrate treatment system is provided which comprises digester tubes wherein an inner bag of the digester tube is used to collect the solids content of the waste and an outer bag of the digester tube is used to coll...  
WO/2011/075748A1
The invention provides improved methods for the production of isoprene from biological materials.  
WO/2011/072539A1
Provided is a circulation apparatus for complete mix anaerobic reaction, which comprises a complete mix anaerobic reaction tank and a circulation tank, wherein the top part of the complete mix anaerobic reaction tank is connected with th...  
WO/2011/069105A2
Fermentation products (e.g., bio-products such as hydrocarbons and other organic compounds) are produced from biomass or gases through digestion and fermentation under conditions that thermodynamically favor production of the fermentatio...  
WO/2011/066304A2
The present disclosure relates to engineered β-class carbonic anhydrase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild type β-class carbonic anhydrase and uses thereof for the sequestration of carbon dioxi...  
WO/2011/062987A2
Provided are compositions and methods for producing hydrocarbons, including aldehydes, alkanes and alkenes. The hydrocarbons can be used in biofuels.  
WO/2011/056183A1
The invention described herein presents compositions and methods for a multistep biological and chemical process for the capture and conversion of carbon dioxide and/or other forms of inorganic carbon into organic chemicals including bio...  
WO/2011/044282A2
Disclosed is a process for the thermal-mechanical pretreatment of biomass. The process includes subjecting a biomass feedstock including fibers containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, to thermal reaction under conditions exceedin...  
WO/2011/044194A2
A method for culturing algae comprising, forming an emulsion comprising a gaseous stream and a media utilizing a high shear device, wherein the emulsion comprises gas bubbles, and wherein the high shear device comprises at least one toot...  
WO/2011/035555A1
Comprehensive process and equipment for use of carbonaceous organic matter are provided. The process comprises high-pressure hot water/supercritical water gasification sub-method and polygeneration sub-method, wherein the high-pressure h...  
WO/2011/032213A1
The invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide capable of producing a triterpenoid hydrocarbon. The invention also relates to the encoded polypeptide, a vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule, a re...  
WO/2011/034711A2
Ethanol and other liquid products are produced from biomass using indirect gasification of the biomass to produce a syngas containing CO2, CO, H2 and methane that passes the syngas without substantial removal of the methane to a fermenta...  
WO/2011/031104A2
Disclosed is a preparation method for bio-fuel materials and bio-chemicals comprising the following steps: preparing a medium comprising fermentation waste generated in an alcohol production process; inoculating a first microorganism int...  
WO/2011/028163A1
The invention relates to a method for production of biogas, comprising anaerobic digestion of water living organisms from the group Ascidiacea. The invention also relates to culture and harvest of ascidians before anaerobic digestion. Fu...  
WO/2011/023298A1
The invention provides an isolated genetically modified non-mammalian organism, wherein the activity of acyl-CoA:sterol acyltransferase/sterol O-acyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.26) and/or diacylglycerol acyltransferase/diacylglycerol O-acyltra...  
WO/2011/019871A2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for biochar impregnated with microbes, methods of making biochar impregnated with microbes, methods of using biochar impregnated with microbes, methods of using biochar to produce gas, reacto...  
WO/2011/020000A2
Disclosed embodiments employ an integrated anaerobic digester which converts a mixture of digestion effluent from a liquid anaerobic digester and a solid organic material (e.g., a lignocellulosic biomass, food waste, agricultural waste, ...  
WO/2011/015328A1
The invention relates to a method for producing biogas or sewage gas by a multi-stage anaerobic reaction of biomass and/or sludge. Considering the disadvantages of the known prior art, a method is to be provided that leads to a higher yi...  
WO/2011/017292A1
The present invention provides a method for selective production of hydrogen and methane from a biomass feedstock in a reactor vessel maintained under anaerobic conditions by controlling moisture concentration in the reactor vessel. The ...  
WO/2011/011689A2
Disclosed herein are methods of preparing alkenes from beta-hydroxy or beta-sulfate carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid derivatives using thioesterase and optionally a sulfotransferase.  
WO/2011/011464A2
Improved constructs for increasing efficiency of transformation of thermophilic host cells for production of carbon-based products of interest and methods for producing carbon- based products of interest are provided.  
WO/2011/008504A2
The invention involves the conversion of ethanol to a hydrocarbon suitable for use as a fuel. In some embodiments, the ethanol is purified and converted to diethyl ether, which is then converted into a hydrocarbon suitable for use as a f...  
WO/2011/006570A2
The invention relates to a device for recovering biogas, comprising at least one fermenter (13) and a percolate tank (10) for collecting the percolate removed from the fermenter or fermenters (13). The percolate tank (10) has a percolate...  
WO/2011/006137A2
The present disclosure identifies methods and compositions for modifying photoautotrophic organisms as hosts, such that the organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into n-alkanes, and in particular the use of such organism...  
WO/2011/005548A1
Various 1-alkenes, including 1-nonadecene and 1-octadecene, are synthesized by the engineered microorganisms and methods of the invention. In certain embodiments, the microorganisms comprise recombinant 1-alkene synthases. The engineered...  
WO/2011/003024A2
The invention provides methods of extracting and quantifying extracellular terpenoid hydrocarbons, e.g., botryococcenes, methylated squalenes, and carotenoids, from terpenoid-producing and secreting green microalgae.  
WO/2011/000084A1
A method of producing in a bioreactor a biogas rich in methane involves electrolyzing water in an aqueous medium at a voltage in a range of from 1.8 V to 12 V in the presence of electrochemically active anaerobic microorganisms that bioc...  
WO/2011/003081A1
A system to convert electric power into methane includes a biological reactor has at least a first chamber containing at least a cathode, a culture comprising methanogenic microorganisms, and water, and a second chamber containing at lea...  
WO/2010/146243A1
The invention relates to a process and apparatus for manufacturing a product from lignocellulose-based raw stock. According to the invention, cellulose fibers are separated from the raw stock in a water suspension to provide a fiber susp...  
WO/2010/148150A1
The invention provides for methods for producing isoprene from cultured cells using various components of the DXP pathway and MVA pathway, or components associated with the DXP pathway and MVA pathway, iron-sulfur cluster-interacting red...  
WO/2010/139699A2
G/VBE-012-PC Abstract. The invention relates to an energy-optimized method for operating a bioethanol production plant, wherein the accruing vinasse is introduced into a biogas plant in order to convert contained organic substances into ...  

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