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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5043276 | DNA strand coding for alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase and yeast transformed with the DNA strand DNA strand having an ability in biotechnological production of -acetolactate decarboxylase is disclosed. The DNA strand is characterized in that it has a nucleotide sequence coding for a polypeptide whose amino acid sequence is substantially from A... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5037740 | Novel immobilized cells and fermentation method utilizing the same Novel immobilized cells are prepared by immobilizing cells of at least one aerobic microorganism and cells of at least one anaerobic microorganism in a single gel immobilizing carrier. The immobilized cells are utilized in a fermentation method. Many usef... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5036005 | Alcohol recovery by continuous fermentation Fuel grade ethanol is produced in continuous process employing fermentation, solvent extraction of the ethanol, extractive distillation of the ethanol-solvent extract to provide water fraction and vacuum stripping for separation of the fuel-grade ethanol ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035776 | Low energy extractive distillation process for producing anhydrous ethanol A thermally-integrated extractive distillation process for recovering anhydrous ethanol from fermentation or synthetic feedstocks has a distillation train of four columns. Two columns are preconcentrators operated in parallel. The remaining columns are an... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5028533 | Precursor polypeptide, DNA sequence coding therefor, vectors host organisms, and processes involving same A yeast expression and secretion vector is described. The vector carries a nucleotide sequence coding for a precursor polypeptide which includes the signal sequence of amylo-alpha-1-,-4-glucosidase from Saccharomyces diastaticus.... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5028539 | Ethanol production using engineered mutant E. coli The subject invention concerns novel means and materials for producing ethanol as a fermentation product. Mutant E. coli are transformed with a gene coding for pyruvate decarboxylase activity. The resulting system is capable of producing relatively large ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5024942 | Biochemical process for reacting hydrophobic and hydrophilic substrates and apparatus therefor A biochemical process and apparatus for use in the process are described. The process comprises reacting (a) a hydrophobic substrate with (b) a solution or dispersion comprising a hydrophilic substrate and an enzyme catalyst, by contacting through a porou... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5000000 | Ethanol production by Escherichia coli strains co-expressing Zymomonas PDC and ADH genes A novel operon and plasmids comprising genes which code for the alcohol dehydrogenase and pyruvate decarboxylase activities of Zymomonas mobilis are described. Also disclosed are methods for increasing the growth of microorganisms or eukaryotic cells and ... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4996150 | Biocatalyst immobilization in a gel of anionic polysaccharide and cationic polymer An immobilized biocatalyst suitable for fermenting to produce ethanol is prepared by mixing a biocatalyst such as a microorganism with a reaction product of a homogeneous dispersion of an anionic polysaccharide such as alginate and a cationic polymer such... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4996073 | Method and composition for removing oxygen from solutions containing alcohols and/or acids The present invention is directed to a novel method, composition and device for removing dissolved oxygen from solutions containing alcohols and/or acids. By removing oxygen from various products, the present invention is an effective antioxidant for beve... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4992370 | Process for the production of alcohol Alcohol is produced by continuous fermentation process in which must is fermented in a vat. Fresh must is introduced into the vat and fermented must is withdrawn from the vat. Fermented must withdrawn from the vat is pumped from the vat in a pumping colum... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4985355 | Ethanol production by zymomonas cultured in yeast-conditioned media A process for producing ethanol in the substantial absence of fusel oils by Zymomonas fermentation wherein fermentation is carried out under conditions unfavorable for the growth and replication of yeast. In the preferred embodiment, Zymomonas are initial... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4961826 | 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... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4952503 | Process for the production of ethanol In the production of ethanol by continuous fermentation in a fermentor (4) with continuous stillage recirculation (19, 20) to the fermentor, the fermentation liquid (6) continuously withdrawn from the fermentor is first sieved in a straining step (7) for ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4940547 | Use of inhibitory solvents in multi-membrane bioreactor An immobilized liquid membrane is employed to allow use of a product-extracting solvent which is normally toxic toward a cell layer which produces the product in a membrane-moderated biological reaction.... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4910144 | Yeast strain with high power to produce alcohol by fermentation A yeast strain with high power to produce alcohol by fermentation is produced by a method comprising directly conjugating the haploid of the strain No. 909-1 with each tetrad of the ascospores of the strain No. 180 by spore-to-cell mating, acclimating the... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4900402 | Pervaporation process of separating a liquid mixture A pervaporation process for separating at least one component from a mixture of liquids, for example for separating ethanol from a fermentation mass, by a series of three separation steps: separating the mixture by a first pervaporation to form a first pe... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4898817 | Microorganism immobilization An improved repetitive, batch-type fermentation process is provided. It includes a first, non-repetitive step of forming a support bearing a film of live and reproductive microorganisms immobilized thereon, e.g. using a cloth support. Then, the process in... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4889805 | Continuous process of optimized fermentation for the production of alcohol A continuous process of optimized fermentation of sugars for the production of alcohol is disclosed, which comprises the following process steps and operational conditions: (a) continuously feeding a wort with a controlled concentration of sugars in the r... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4886751 | Process for the production of ethanol through molasses fermentation Ethanol is produced by fermentation of beet or cane sugar molasses in a fermentor. The ethanol formed in the fermentor is recovered by operating a primary distillation step (PD) in circulation circuit with the fermentor (FI). From the fermentor (FI) a mas... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4885241 | Ethanol production by zymomonas cultured in yeast-conditioned media A process for producing ethanol in the substantial absence of fusel oils by Zymomonas fermentation wherein fermentation is carried out under conditions unfavorable for the growth and replication of yeast. In the preferred embodiment, Zymomonas are initial... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4876196 | Method of continuously producing ethanol from sugar-containing substrates In a method of continuously producing ethanol from sugar-containing substrates by fermentation of sugars by means of a flocculating strain of Zymomonas mobilis under anaerobic conditions and at a pH of from 4.5 to 7 a substrate is led commonly with Zymomo... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4865973 | Process for extractive fermentation A process for producing a variety of chemical products, e.g., ethanol, by fermentation in which the product is removed from the fermentation medium as it is formed by liquid-liquid extraction using an extractant for the product which is immiscible with wa... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4857468 | Process for preparing optically active 2-halo-1-phenyl ethanol A process for preparing optically active 2-halo-1-phenyl ethanol having the general formula [I*]: ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom, by asymmetrically reducing 2-halo-acetophenone having the general formula [II]: ##STR2## wherein X is as... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4851344 | Microbial reduction of monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acids in the presence of carbon monoxide and/or formates plus mediators Monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acids of up to 10 carbon atoms, which may also contain double bonds and be substituted by halogen, phenyl or hydroxyl, are microbially reduced to the corresponding alcohols by performing the reduction with carbon monoxide a... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4845033 | Process for a continuous fermentative production of low aliphatic alcohols or organic solvents Low aliphatic alcohols or organic solvents, especially ethanol are continuously produced by fermentation from sugar containing nutrient substrates. The process includes two fermentation steps or stages in which the substrate is subjected to the effects of... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4840903 | Process for producing ethanol from plant biomass using the fungus paecilomyces sp. A process for producing ethanol from plant biomass is disclosed. The process in cludes forming a substrate from the biomass with the substrate including hydrolysates of cellulose and hemicellulose. A species of the fungus Paecilomyces, which has the abili... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4840802 | Process for brewing beer while enhancing yeast growth A process for enhancing yeast growth during the fermentation of beer which comprises adding to the wort ashed trub. The ashed trub is obtained by heating whole trub until all organic combustibles have been removed or destroyed. The ashed trub contains val... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4840902 | Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation using pH control A continuous process for the production of ethanol by fermentation of an organism of the genus Zymomonas is provided. The method is carried out by cultivating the organism under substantially steady state, anaerobic conditions and under conditions in whic... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4840904 | Recovery and reuse of cellulase catalyst in an exzymatic cellulose hydrolysis process A process for recovering cellulase from the hydrolysis of cellulose, and reusing it in subsequent hydrolyois procedures. The process utilizes a commercial adsorbent that efficiently removes cellulase from reaction products which can be easily removed by s... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4822737 | Process for producing ethanol by fermentation Ethanol is prepared from a saccharide such as glucose by a fermentation process. The efficiency of the fermentation is improved by feeding a residual fermented liquid obtained from an evaporator used to vaporize ethanol to a reverse osmosis unit, and then... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4816399 | Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation A continuous process for the production of ethanol by fermentation with strains of Zymomonas is provided. Metabolic processes are limited by the nutrients nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. When growth is limited by one of these nutrients, the biomass ex... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4812410 | Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation A continuous process for the production of ethanol by fermentation with strains of Zymomonas is provided. Metabolic processes are limited by the nutrients nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. When growth is limited by one of these nutrients, the biomass ex... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4810647 | Process of producing ethanol and various other by-products from cereals The present invention is related to a process of producing ethanol and gluten from cereals especially from wheat, which comprises the steps if: (a) crushing cereals and soaking the thus crushed cereals in water; (b) mechanically separating the mixture obtained in s... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4808527 | Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation A continuous process for the production of ethanol by fermentation with strains of Zymomonas is provided. Metabolic processes are limited by the nutrients nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. When growth is limited by one of these nutrients, the biomass ex... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4808526 | Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation A continuous process for the production of ethanol by fermentation with strains of Zymomonas is provided. Metabolic processes are limited by the nutrients nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. When growth is limited by one of these nutrients, the biomass ex... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4797360 | Conversion of sucrose to fructose and ethanol The conversion of sucrose to fructose and ethanol by fermentation using the microorganism "Zymomonas mobilis" and/or the enzyme immobilized levansucrase can be effected at sucrose concentrations greater than 30% where the fermentation is effected at micro... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4777135 | Method for producing butanol by fermentation A method for producing butanol by fermentation is provided. The method is carried out by culturing a butanol-producing microorganism in a culture medium containing a fluorocarbon selected from the group consisting of monofluorotrichloromethane, monofluoro... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4772556 | Genetically stable allopolyploid somatic fusion product useful in the production of fuel alcohols The present invention relates to a stable, allopolyploid, somatic fusion product useful in the fermentation arts and especially in the production of fuel alcohols. More particularly, the present invention relates to a novel allopolyploid yeast strain, Sac... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4769324 | Ethanol production The invention is directed to the production of ethanol by the fermentation of molasses in the presence of the yeasts S. cerevisiae and Schwanniomyces castellii (R69), which is capable of growing and producing amylase in a molasses-containing meduim. The a... | 09/06/1988 |
