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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roy Hernandez-Mena, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Patric L Friend, Conroe, TX (US);
Assignee:
Betz Laboratories, Inc., Trevose, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210632 ; 210764 ; 162161 ;
Abstract
A method for treating the microbial slime that is generated in industrial water systems by adding to the water a combination of enzymes specific to the numerous saccharide units that make up the exopolysaccharide layer. These enzymes comprise galactosidase, galacturonidase, rhamnosidase xylosidase, fucosidase, arabinosidase and .alpha.-glucosidase.