Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080241885 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CELLULASE - Various methods for the production of cellulase are disclosed. In one embodiment the method for producing cellulase includes contacting a culture comprising a sophorolipid producer and a cellulase producer with a substrate that is consumed by the sophorolipid producer. In addition, a microorganism culture made from a sophorolipid producer and a cellulase producer is disclosed. | 10-02-2008 |
20090008325 | Affinity Foam Fractionation for Collection and Purification of Materials - The present invention generally relates to methods for purifying and/or concentrating compounds from or in solutions and/or mixtures. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for purifying and/or concentrating a compound from a solution or mixture. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for purifying/concentrating a compound from a solution or mixture that utilizes, in whole or part, foam purification and/or concentration. In still another embodiment, the present invention can be used to separate, concentrate and/or purify any material, including biological products and/or biomaterials, that can be selectively bound to a binding agent, thereby yielding a complex that will readily partition onto bubble surfaces in a foam. | 01-08-2009 |
20100297714 | Multi-Step Method for Producing Algae Products - A multi-step method for producing an algae product comprising, a microorganism consumption step, another step, and an algae product collection step. The microorganism consumption step comprises, combining a liquid growth medium comprising microorganisms with a phagotrophic algae capable of producing a desired algae product, consuming said microorganisms by said phagotrophic algae, and growing said phagotrophic algae. Another step comprises either a microorganism growth step or a photosynthetic algal growth step. A microorganism growth step comprises providing a liquid growth medium comprising nutrients and microorganisms capable of said consuming said nutrients, consuming said nutrients by said microorganisms, and growing said microorganisms. A photosynthetic algal growth step comprises providing a substantially organic nutrient depleted liquid medium, providing a microorganism population comprising said phagotrophic algae, photosynthetic growth of said phagotrophic algae. An algae product collection step comprises collecting a desired algae product from said phagotrophic algae. | 11-25-2010 |
20110027858 | Method of Modifying Fungal Morphology - Provided is a method of modifying fungal morphology. The method comprises introducing an amount of a surfactant to a fungus, or to a growing mixture comprising a fungus, wherein said amount of a surfactant is sufficient to induce a change in the morphology of said fungus. | 02-03-2011 |
20130116475 | PRODUCTION OF ARABITAL - A method for producing arabitol, and more particularly to producing arabitol in a major amount based on a total weight of all polyols produced and in relatively high concentration from a mixture including a carbon source such as glycerol. The method includes in one embodiment utilizing select yeast strains to produce arabitol in high yield while minimizing the amounts of other polyols, using carbon sources such as glycerol as a component in a medium. In a beneficial embodiment, biodiesel byproduct glycerol is used as the substrate for arabitol production. | 05-09-2013 |
20140038247 | ALGAE HAVING INTRACELLULAR LIPID PARTICLES AND HIGH LIPID CONTENT - A method for increasing the lipid content of algae includes combining algae and a lipid-precipitating addition in a growth-inhibitive medium, the growth-inhibitive medium being deficient in at least one nutrient that is necessary for reproductive growth of algae, thus frustrating algae reproduction, the lipid-precipitating addition selected from hydroxyl-containing compounds and amine-containing compounds. An organic acid addition may also be combined with the lipid-precipitating addition and algae in the growth-inhibitive medium, the organic acid addition including compounds containing carboxylic acid functionality. Direct production of biodiesel is also achieved by the use of particular lipid-precipitating additions and organic acid additions. | 02-06-2014 |
20140113138 | METHOD OF ENCAPSULATION AND IMMOBILIZATION - A method for encapsulating a material comprises the steps of choosing a material to encapsulate; placing the material into a material solvent to form a material solution; forming a primary emulsion of the material solution in an immiscible liquid medium that is immiscible with the material solvent, the material solution serving as the disperse phase and the immiscible liquid medium serving as the continuous phase of the primary emulsion, wherein the immiscible liquid medium contains an encapsulating agent dissolved therein, the encapsulating agent being capable of being crosslinked, polymerized, gelled or otherwise hardened or solidified; adding the primary emulsion as droplets into a crosslinking medium, and thereafter activating the crosslinking, polymerizing, gelling, hardening or solidifying of the encapsulating agent to envelope the material in a crosslinked, polymerized, gelled or otherwise hardened or solidified matrix forming the droplets into beads. | 04-24-2014 |
20140364381 | WOUND DRESSINGS WITH ENHANCED GAS PERMEATION AND OTHER BENEFICIAL PROPERTIES - A wound dressing comprises a wound dressing substrate including one or more of gas vesicles, rhamnolipids, and sophorolipids. The wound dressing can be fabric-based or hydrogel-based. Methods for producing a wound dressing are also provided. | 12-11-2014 |
20150037852 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING FREE FATTY ACID CONTENT OF A FEEDSTOCK - A method for reducing the free fatty acid content of a feedstock includes the steps of providing a free-fatty-acid-containing feedstock, treating the free-fatty-acid-containing feedstock to reduce the free fatty acid content thereof, where the step of treating includes combining at least one of an algae and a coagulant to the free-fatty-acid-containing feedstock, and producing a product from the treated feedstock. | 02-05-2015 |