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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:
Aug. 01, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans H Liao, Madison, WI (US);
Richard D Medwid, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Donald L Heefner, Longmont, CO (US);
Kathleen S Sniff, Arvada, CO (US);
Randal A Hassler, Lafayette, CO (US);
Michael J Yarus, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Universal Foods Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; A01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352571 ; 47-14 ; 435243 ;
Abstract
A culture for the production of xanthophylls comprising Nospongiococcum excentricum ATCC 40335 and mutants thereof. The culture having a dry cell weight xanthophyll content of at least about 0.65% and being capable of growing to a cell density of greater than about 40 grams per liter. The culture also comprising: carbon, phosphate, sulfate, iron, magnesium, and nitrogen.