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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Niels Erik Krebs Lange, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lars Kongsbak, Holte, DK;
Martin Shülein, Copenhagen Ø, DK;
Mads Eskelund Bjørnvad, Frederiksberg, DK;
Philip Anwar Husain, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M 1/600 ; C12N 9/88 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M 1/600 ; C12N 9/88 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for higha-temperature biopreparation of cellulosic fibers by contacting the fibers with pectin-degrading enzymes, preferably thermostable, alkaline, divalent cation-independent pectate lyases, under conditions compatible with scouring and bleaching technologies.