MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517097337 A) filed by Ifp Energies Nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, France, on Oct. 9, for 'modified clostridium bacteria, genetic editing tool for the psol plasmid of clostridium bacteria and uses thereof.'
Inventor(s) include Wasels, Francois.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to the genetic modification of bacteria of the genus Clostridium, typically solventogenic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, and the possible use of a genetic editing tool suitable for modifying the pSOL megaplasmid within the bacteria. The invention further relates to methods, tools and kits allowing the deletion, modification or insertion of one or more coding sequences, or controlling the transcription of one or more coding sequences, products of interest, the genetically modified bacteria obtained thereby and the uses thereof, in particular to produce a biosourced molecule, e.g. a biofuel."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 29, 2024, under International application No.PCT/FR2024/050415.
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