Enzymatic digestion of microalgal biomass for lipid, sugar, and protein recovery

Methods for the recovery of lipids, sugars, and proteins from microbial biomass by enzymatic digestion are disclosed. The methods involve treating microalgae with a fungal acid protease, or with a mixture of at least one protease and at least one amylase.
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Abstract/Description: Methods for the recovery of lipids, sugars, and proteins from microbial biomass by enzymatic digestion are disclosed. The methods involve treating microalgae with a fungal acid protease, or with a mixture of at least one protease and at least one amylase.
Subject(s):
C12P7/46
C12P7/64
C12P19/02
C12P19/14
C12P21/06
Date Issued: 2021-08-31
Title: Enzymatic digestion of microalgal biomass for lipid, sugar, and protein recovery.
Name(s): Vadlamani, Agasteswar, inventor
Relue, Patricia A., inventor
Viamajala, Sridhar, inventor
Shao, Heng, inventor
Varanasi, Sasidhar, inventor
The University of Toledo, assignee
Type of Resource: text
Genre: patent
Date Issued: 2021-08-31
Other Date: Date Filed: 2020-07-20
Publisher: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 25 p.
Abstract/Description: Methods for the recovery of lipids, sugars, and proteins from microbial biomass by enzymatic digestion are disclosed. The methods involve treating microalgae with a fungal acid protease, or with a mixture of at least one protease and at least one amylase.
Identifier(s): utpatents-US11104920 (IID)
Patent No.: US11104920 (patno)
Appl. No.: 16/933278 (appno)
Subject(s):
C12P7/46
C12P7/64
C12P19/02
C12P19/14
C12P21/06
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Location: University of Toledo Digital Repository
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