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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2012
Applicants:
Carrine E. Blank, Missoula, MT (US);
Nancy W. Hinman, Missoula, MT (US);
Inventors:
Carrine E. Blank, Missoula, MT (US);
Nancy W. Hinman, Missoula, MT (US);
Assignee:
The University of Montana, Missoula, MT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process of growing a culture of cyanobacteria or algae using chitin or chitosan as a source of nitrogen for photosynthetic growth is described. This process can be used to remove pollutants from nitrogen-deficient natural waters or wastewaters. Biomass that results from photosynthetic growth on chitin can be used, either as whole cells or the isolated components of the cells, for a large variety of commercial purposes.