United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

Danisco US Inc.

Other

University of Illinois

Agrifiber Solutions, LLC

Agrifiber Holdings LLC

David B Johnston

Kevin B Hicks

Madhav P Yadav

Kyle A Hanah

Jayarama K Shetty

Vijay Singh

Madhuvanti S Kale

Robert A Moreau

Steven R Eckhoff

Arland T Hotchkiss

Bart C Koops

Triveni P Shukla

Steven Eckhoff

Processes of treating grain (e.g., corn), involving milling the grain to produce milled grain wherein the grain germ remains intact in the milled grain, and producing a mixture by mixing the milled grain with water and at least one enzyme selected from the group consisting of protease, alpha amylase, glucoamylase, cell wall degrading enzyme, and mixtures thereof, wherein the pH of the mixture is optionally adjusted to a pH of about 3.5 to about 6.5, and incubating the mixture for about 1 to about 3 hours to produce an incubated mixture.

Processes of treating grain

Processes for the preparation of an insoluble biomass gel involving:

Insoluble biomass gel (IBG) and methods of preparing

Compositions comprising bio-fiber gum hydrolysate and processes to hydrolyze bio-fiber gum (BFG), involving dissolving BFG in a solvent to form a solution, heating the solution and adding endoxylanase to the solution or adding endoxylanase to the solution and heating the solution, incubating the solution to form a solution containing BFG hydrolysate, boiling the solution containing BFG hydrolysate to inactivate the endoxylanase, and separating the BFG hydrolysate from the liquid in the solution containing BFG hydrolysate.

Bio-fiber gum hydrolysates and processes of producing

Methods for obtaining corn oil from milled corn germ (e.g., dry milled corn germ), involving adding water, at least one acidic cellulase, at least one acidic protease, and at least one phytase to milled corn germ to obtain corn oil.

Methods for obtaining corn oil from milled corn germ

Processes for the preparation of bio-based fiber gums and products produced by these processes and some of their uses.

Bio-based fiber gums (BFGs) and processes for producing BFGs

A process for recovering corn germ and corn coarse fiber from corn in a dry grind process, involving soaking corn kernels in water to produce soaked corn kernels, grinding the soaked corn kernels to produce a ground corn slurry, and incubating the ground corn slurry with at least one enzyme (amylase(s), protease(s), cell wall degrading enzyme(s), or mixtures thereof, and optionally other enzyme(s)) to increase the specific gravity of the slurry to about 10-about 16 Baume so that the corn germ and corn coarse fiber floats to the top of the slurry, recovering the corn germ and the corn coarse fiber, and optionally producing ethanol from the slurry no longer containing the corn germ and corn coarse fiber. The process does not involve the addition of starch, a salt, a sugar syrup, or mixtures thereof to the slurry.

Processes for recovery of corn germ and optionally corn coarse fiber (pericarp)

A method for obtaining starch from maize involving soaking maize kernels in water to produce soaked maize kernels, grinding the soaked maize kernels to produce a ground maize slurry, and incubating the ground maize slurry with enzyme (e.g., protease).

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David B Johnston