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(57) ABSTRACT CPC ........................................ CI2P 7/44 (2013.01) The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbial (58) Field of Classification Search CPC ......................................................... C12P 7/44 organism having a muconate pathway having at least one USPC .......................................................... 435/142 exogenous nucleic acid encoding a muconate pathway See application file for complete search history. enzyme expressed in a sufficient amount to produce mucon ate. 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