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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ramakrishnam Ramachandran, Allendale, NJ (US);
Arthur I Shirley, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The BOC Group, Inc., New Providence, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 712 ; 435 711 ; 530350 ; 530427 ;
Abstract
Proteins are prepared by the reaction of a hydrocarbon utilizing microbe on a low molecular weight hydrocarbon, such as methane, in an aqueous medium in the presence of oxygen and a fixable nitrogen compound in a recycle process in which unreacted hydrocarbon and oxygen are recycled to the protein manufacturing reactor. Sufficient hydrocarbon is introduced into the system to prevent the formation of a flammable mixture therein. Part or all of the hydrocarbon can be introduced into the system downstream of the protein reactor, where the propensity of forming a flammable gas mixture is greatest.