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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5407817 | Municipal solid waste processing facility and commercial ethanol production process A method of processing waste is disclosed wherein tile municipal solid waste is segregated and processed to recover reusable rubber, metal, plastic, glass and tile remaining organic portion of the waste stream is used to make ethanol and other chemicals. ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5405764 | Immobilized biocatalysts and their preparation and use Immobilized water-insoluble biocatalysts in particulate form comprise living cells, particularly yeast, dispersed in a cross-linked gelling agent. An enzyme, particularly amyloglucosidase, may be co-immobilized in the particles. These particles are prepar... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5397700 | Method of producing products with a bilayer pellet containing a coimmobilized enzyme system that maintains a ph difference A method of providing and sustaining a difference in pH of a first reaction of an immobilized enzyme and a second reaction in a bulk liquid surrounding the immobilized enzyme is carried out with a bilayer pellet containing coimmobilized enzymes. The pelle... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5385833 | Pseudomonas sp. ATCC No. 49794 alcohol dehydrogenase The present invention provides a substantially pure culture of Pseudomonas sp. strain PED having the ATCC designation 49794. Processes for making R-configured alcohols and for transferring a hydride ion from an R-configured alcohol to the pro-R face of NA... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5372939 | Combined enzyme mediated fermentation of cellulous and xylose to ethanol by Schizosaccharoyces pombe, cellulase, ଲ-glucosidase, and xylose isomerase A process for producing ethanol from mixed sugar streams from pretreated biomass comprising xylose and cellulose using enzymes to convert these substrates to fermentable sugars; selecting and isolating a yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe ATCC No. 2476, havi... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5362639 | Method to increase anaerobic fermentation rates There is disclosed a process for the fermentation by yeast of sugar to alcohol wherein a portion of the nutrient phosphate is provided by one or more condensed phosphates. It has been found that when condensed phosphates are employed as the nutrient sourc... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5362629 | Detection of immunosuppressants A method of evaluating the immunosuppressive activity of a compound including contacting the compound with calcineurin and determining the ability of the compound to bind to the calcineurin. The ability to bind to the calcineurin is positively correlated ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5352593 | Production of fuel alcohol from honey The present disclosure concerns a system for combining the reforestation of cleared land with a bee pasture, mass production of honey, and fermentation of honey for the distillation of fuel alcohol to obtain a renewable source of clean, efficient energy.... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5348871 | Process for converting cellulosic materials into fuels and chemicals A process for converting cellulosic materials, such as waste paper, into fuels and chemicals utilizing enzymatic hydrolysis of the major constituent of paper, cellulose. A waste paper slurry is contacted by cellulase in an agitated hydrolyzer. The cellula... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5340729 | Method for producing spagyric essences from plants A method for producing spagyric essences in the form of standardized products with defined alcohol contents in respect to the dried residue of plants used in said method. The components of a spagyric essence which are important from the spagyric point of ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5314814 | Preparation of novel immobilized biocatalysts Immobilized water-insoluble biocatalysts in particulate form comprise living cells, particularly yeast, dispersed in a cross-linked gelling agent. An enzyme, particularly amyloglucosidase, may be co-immobilized in the particles. These particles are prepar... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5312909 | Recombinant DNA encoding neutral trehalase A transformed yeast is disclosed, comprising at least one gene encoding neutral trehalase or trehalose-6-phosphate synthase which gene has been modified such that it differs from a corresponding wild-type gene encoding neutral trehalase or trehalose-6-pho... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5306634 | Soluble ALDC derivative and use thereof The ALDC derivative is produced by treating ALDC in an aqueous medium with glutaraldehyde in defined proportions with optional subsequent immobilization. The ALDC derivative which is used in beer fermentation exhibits a satisfactory stability at low pH.... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5270175 | Methods and compositions for producing metabolic products for algae Soluble metabolic products, such as ethanol, are produced by growing modified algal cells in a growth medium and recovering the products from the growth medium. The algal cells are modified to overproduce the metabolic product by providing for overexpress... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5268285 | Strains of yeast with increased rates of glycolysis The present invention provides a process for increasing the rate of production of carbon dioxide, ethanol and other fermentation products such as citric acid, produced by yeast such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae during fermentation, and decreasing biomass p... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5258293 | Continuous process for ethanol production from lignocellulosic materials without mechanical agitation An improved and highly productive method of continuously producing ethanol from lignocellulosic substrates is provided. The method involves providing a suitable microbial system within a reaction vessel and adding fermentable substrate to the reactor to f... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5254468 | Bilayer pellet containing immobilized xylose isomerase and urease for the simultaneous isomerization and fermentation of xylose to ethanol A bilayered immobilized enzyme pellet and a process to manufacture this pellet are provided for use in a process involving the simultaneous isomerization of xylose to xylulose and fermentation of xylulose to ethanol. The bilayered pellet is able to mainta... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5231017 | Process for producing ethanol The invention relates to a process for producing ethanol from raw materials, that contain fermentable sugars or constituents which can be converted into sugars, comprising the steps of: a-liquefaction of the raw materials in the presence of an alpha-amylase fo... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5215902 | Process for recovering alcohol with energy integration A process for recovering alcohol by a continuous process employing fermentation, solvent extraction of the alcohol product, extractive distillation of the alcohol-solvent extract to provide water fraction and vacuum stripping for separation of the alcohol... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5190877 | Saccharomyces strains for maltose fermentation Methods and compositions are provided relating to yeasts capable of improved fermentation of sugars. Particularly, genes from the MAL locus are used for transformation of yeast hosts, where the genes are under the wild-type promoter or a strong promoter w... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5182199 | Thermophilic ethanol production in a two-stage closed system Production of ethanol by a process in which a strain of Bacillus stearothermophilus or other thermophilic, facultatively anaerrobic bacterium is selected for the characteristics of fermenting sugars both aerobically and anaerobically and of being active i... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5177008 | Process for manufacturing ethanol and for recovering glycerol, succinic acid, lactic acid, betaine, potassium sulfate, and free flowing distiller's dry grain and solubles or a solid fertilizer therefrom This invention relates to the manufacture of ethanol and the recovery of economically significant amounts of such by-products therefrom as glycerol, betaine, L-pyroglutamic acid, succinic and lactic acid, potassium sulfate and a free flowing distiller's d... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5177009 | Process for manufacturing ethanol and for recovering glycerol, succinic acid, lactic acid, betaine, potassium sulfate, and free flowing distiller's dry grain and solubles or a solid fertilizer therefrom This invention relates to the manufacture of ethanol and the recovery of such by-products therefrom as glycerol, betaine, succinic and lactic acid, potassium sulfate and a free flowing distiller's dry grain and solubles useful as an animal feed or a compo... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5173429 | Clostridiumm ljungdahlii, an anaerobic ethanol and acetate producing microorganism A newly discovered microorganism was isolated in a biologically pure culture and designated Clostridium ljungdahlii, having the identifying characteristics of ATCC No. 49587. Cultured in an aqueous nutrient medium under anaerobic conditions, this microorg... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5158887 | Process for massive conversion of clostridia in synchronized cells of elongated length or refractile endospores A method is disclosed for producing specially prepared bacteria of the genus Clostridium for producing solvents, enzymes, antibiotics, toxic proteins, or spores. Cell elongation to a critical length of at least about 3x is induced in an economical, abunda... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5137818 | Immobilized biocatalysts Immobilized water-insoluble biocatalysts in particulate form comprise living cells, particularly yeast, dispersed in a cross-linked gelling agent. An enzyme, particularly amyloglucosidase, may be co-immobilized in the particles. These particles are prepar... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5135861 | Method for producing ethanol from biomass Biomass slurry is hydrolzyed in a fuel fired hydrolysis heater. When the biomass is fruit waste, the organic acid in the waste is used as the hydrolysis catalyst. When the biomass does not contain organic acid, carbon dioxide generated in a fermenter is f... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5126266 | Xylose-fermenting yeast mutants A growth medium is provided for mutant mixtures of Pichia stipitis or Candida shehatae that permits the growth of mutants which are the best xylose-to-ethanol fermenters in the mixture while inhibiting the growth of inefficient fermenters. The medium comp... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5124004 | Distillation process for ethanol A method of distillation employing a heat pump (which may be driven by a compressor) using a vapor stream from within the distillation system as a heat source and a liquid stream from within the distillation system as a heat sink. The selection of heat-so... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5112750 | Immobilized cells and culture method utilizing the same Novel immobilized cells are prepared by immobilizing microbial cells in a gel carrier wherein an absorbent for organic solvents harmful to the cells is dispersed. A method for normally culturing these immobilized cells is utilized in a medium that contain... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5110319 | Process for extracting ethanol from fermentation broths for direct blending into gasoline while preserving the broth for recycling A method of producing ethanol from a fermentation source for direct blending into gasoline to form gasohol is provided by extracting ethanol from the fermentation broth with a non-toxic solvent compatible with gasoline. The invention includes extraction o... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5108925 | Process for accelerated beer production by integrative expression in the PGK1 or ADC1 genes The present invention describes a shortened process for the production of beer, brewer's yeast strains having -acetolactate decarboxylase activity (EC 4.1.1.5.), the method for the construction of such yeast strains and the recombinant DNA cloning ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5106634 | Process for the co-production of ethanol and an improved human food product from cereal grains A process for producing a novel cereal grain food product is disclosed. This novel food product is high in fiber and protein with a complex sugars coating that renders the product good-tasting and suitable for human consumption. This process involves the ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5100791 | Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) using cellobiose fermenting yeast Brettanomyces custersii A process for producing ethanol from plant biomass includes forming a substrate from the biomass with the substrate including hydrolysates of cellulose and hemicellulose. A species of the yeast Brettanomyces custersii (CBS 5512), which has the ability to ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5085997 | Method of separating yeasts from fermentation liquors In a method of the separation of yeasts from a fermentation liquor contained in a fermentation tank the fermentation liquor is forced by a pump through a conduit system into a filter container in which the fermentation liquor is forced through a number of... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5084385 | Process for producing alcohol using yeast transformed by Rhizopus glucoamylase gene This invention provides a process for producing ethanol from a starchy material, wherein the starchy material is simultaneously subjected to saccharification and subsequent fermentation by use of a yeast host which has been transformed by an expressible r... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5079011 | Method using immobilized yeast to produce ethanol and alcoholic beverages According to the invention, yeast cells are immobilized on a substantially noncompressible carrier having anion exchange properties. The immobilized yeast can then be used to ferment a sugar-containing substrate. The noncompressibility enables the system ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5070016 | Integrated process for producing ethanol, methanol and butyl ethers A methanol synthesis and an ethanol synthesis are integrated into a single continuous process with the by-product carbon dioxide generated in the ethanol synthesis being utilized in the methanol synthesis. The methanol synthesis and ethanol synthesis can ... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5061497 | Process for the co-production of ethanol and an improved human food product from cereal grains A process for producing a novel cereal grain food product is disclosed. This novel food product is high in fiber and protein with an unsweet dextrin coating that renders the product good-tasting and suitable for human consumption. This process involves th... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5047340 | LAC+ saccharomyces cerevisiae The invention relates to novel, transformed strains of Lac+ Saccharomyces cerevisiae, capable of utilizing lactose as a sole carbon source, produced by inserting into the Saccharomyces cerevisiae a plasmid containing a lactose permease and a be... | 09/10/1991 |
