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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Mara Renewables Corporation, Dartmouth, CA;
Inventors:
Dorothy A. Dennis, Dartmouth, CA;
Roberto E. Armenta, Dartmouth, CA;
Assignee:
MARA Renewables Corporation, Dartmouth, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 1/10 (2006.01); C12P 7/6463 (2022.01); C12P 7/6472 (2022.01); C12P 7/6427 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 1/10 (2013.01); C12P 7/6427 (2013.01); C12P 7/6463 (2013.01); C12P 7/6472 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein are methods of recovering oil from microorganisms. The methods are useful, for example, in obtaining nutritional oils and/or lipid biofuels. The methods of recovering oil described herein include contacting a population of microorganisms with one or more enzymes under conditions that cause disruption of the microorganisms, concentrating the disrupted microorganisms, and extracting lipids from the disrupted microorganisms at high temperature in the presence of a salt and in the absence of solvent.