Title:
TOBACCO BIOMASS UTILIZATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002098208
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method for the fermentative production of ethanol comprising providing a reduced nicotine recombinant tobacco plant or a portion thereof, fermenting the plant or portion thereof in a fermentation vessel for a time sufficient to produce ethanol therefrom, and then collecting the ethanol from the fermentation vessel. The present invention also discloses a method of sustaining an animal subject comprising feeding the animal subject a reduced nicotine recombinant tobacco plant or a portion thereof. The present invention also discloses a method of producing a protein fraction from plant biomass comprising providing a reduced nicotine recombinant tobacco plant or a portion thereof and then collecting a protein fraction from the recombinant plant or plant portion.
Inventors:
PANDOLFINO JOSEPH
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/017706
Publication Date:
April 03, 2003
Filing Date:
June 05, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
22ND CENTURY LTD LLC (US)
International Classes:
A23K1/16; A23J1/00; A23K1/14; A23K3/02; C12N9/10; C12N9/88; C12N15/29; C12N15/82; C12P7/06; (IPC1-7): A01H5/00; C07H21/04; C12N5/14; C12N15/29; C12N15/52; C12N15/82
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2000067558A1 | 2000-11-16 |
Other References:
SINCLAIR ET AL.: "Molecular characterization of quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase (QORTase) in nicotiana", PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, vol. 44, 2000, pages 603 - 617, XP002958871
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