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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Kevin W. Anderson, Indian Springs, OH (US);
J. Douglas Wenzel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Kevin W. Anderson, Indian Springs, OH (US);
J. Douglas Wenzel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Cognis Corporation, Ambler, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/44 (2006.01); C12N 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for forming a color and odor stable polycarboxylic acid or polyhydroxy acid is provided. The process is carried out by fermenting a mixture containing a substrate which can be converted by fermentation into a polycarboxylic acid or a polyhydroxy acid, an organism capable of transforming the substrate by fermentation in a fermentation medium containing a source of carbon and energy, a source of inorganic nitrogen, a source of phosphate, a metal, a biotin which is substantially free of particulate matter and bacteria.