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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lorraine B Ling, Newark, DE (US);
Thomas K Ng, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12P / ; C12R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435142 ; 435145 ; 435146 ; 435939 ;
Abstract
An improved fermentation process for producing carboxylic acids is disclosed. The improvement comprises growing fungi of the genus Rhizopus in a culture medium containing a carbon source, a nitrogen source and inorganic salts, under conditions of controlled oxygen availability wherein the dissolved oxygen concentration for the cell growth phase is between 80% and 100% and where the dissolved oxygen concentration for the acid production phase is between 30% and 80%.