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Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2003
Applicants:

Nancy N. Nichols, Danvers, IL (US);

Maria J. Lopez, Vicar, ES;

Bruce S. Dien, Peoria, IL (US);

Rodney J. Bothast, East Peoria, IL (US);

Inventors:

Nancy N. Nichols, Danvers, IL (US);

Maria J. Lopez, Vicar, ES;

Bruce S. Dien, Peoria, IL (US);

Rodney J. Bothast, East Peoria, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 65/00 (2006.01); A01N 65/04 (2006.01); C02F 3/34 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); D06M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Agricultural biomass hydrolysate is detoxified by culturing in the presence of the fungus(teleomorph) or its(anamorph) state. This organism is capable of significantly depleting the toxicant levels of furans, particularly furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. A new strain of the fungus has been isolated and deposited in the Agricultural Research Culture Collection (NRRL) in Peoria, Ill., as Accession No. NRRL 30616. The detoxified agricultural biomass hydrolysate is useful as a substrate for industrial fermentation processes, especially in saccharification treatments for bioethanol production.


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