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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshitsugu Kosugi, Ibaraki, JP;
Katsuhiko Higuchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuhiko Ishikawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Ikuo Matsui, Ibaraki, JP;
Joh Yong-Goe, Pusan, KR;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435197 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are a thermophilic phospholipase having an optimum temperature range of 95 to 105.degree. C. which is useful in high-temperature degumming processes in oil refining process and high-temperature processing of phospholipids; and a method for producing a thermophilic phospholipase comprising culturing a microorganism capable of producing the phospholipase in a culture medium and collecting the phospholipase from the resultant culture.