Patent References 2732661 3195271 3650068 InventorsApplicationNo. 05/800521 filed on 05/25/1977US Classes:47/1.4, ALGAE CULTURE568/869Of glycerolExaminersPrimary: Bagwill, Robert E.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesC12P 23/00 (20060101)C12P 7/02 (20060101) C12P 7/20 (20060101) C12N 1/12 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1976-06-06 ILAbstractA process for the production of glycerol and proteinous substances of nutritive value which comprises cultivating algae of the Dunaliella species in a nutrient medium containing the mineral requirements of growth of the algae, said nutrient medium having a sodium chloride content of at least 1.5 M, the cultivation being effected while an adequate supply of carbon dioxide is provided and continued until a maximum concentration of algae is obtained, and continuing the cultivation of the algae in a nutrient medium having a content of sodium chloride of at least 3 M, cultivating the algae in this second nutrient medium until a high glycerol content is established, harvesting the algae, recovering from same the glycerol, and recovering the residue having a high protein content.Field of SearchALGAE CULTURE |
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