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

Patent · 31 August 2021

OSTI ID:1840389

Vadlamani, Agasteswar; Relue, Patricia A.; Viamajala, Sridhar; Shao, Heng; Varanasi, Sasidhar

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.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Toledo, OH (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
• DOE Contract Number: EE0005993
• Assignee: The University of Toledo (Toledo, OH)
• Patent Number(s): 11,104,920
• Application Number: 16/933,278
• OSTI ID: 1840389
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English