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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Prave, Bad Soden am Taunus, DE;
Dieter Sukatsch, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Uwe Faust, Kelkheim, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435253 ; 435804 ; 435822 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of a biomass is disclosed by cultivation of bacteria of the genus Methylomonas under aerobic conditions in a nutrient medium containing methanol as the sole carbon source, nitrogen sources and essential mineral salts, which comprises using a strain of the species Methylomonas clara ATCC 31226. The single cell protein thus obtained has a low content of nucleic acids, fats and carbohydrates and is especially suitable to prepare food and feed.