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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Bp Biofuels Uk Limited, Naperville, IL (US);
Inventors:
Martin J. Sellers, Wokingham, GB;
David Jeffers, Woking Surrey, GB;
Jean-Charles Dumenil, Little Chalfont, GB;
Vidya Pai, Rockville, MD (US);
Jacob Borden, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of separating renewable materials, such as lipids, from microorganisms, such as oleaginous yeasts, may include conditioning cell walls of the microorganisms to form, open or enlarge pores, and removing at least a portion of the renewable material through the pores. These methods may result in delipidated microorganisms with cell walls that are substantially intact and with mesopores. These delipidated microorganisms may be used to produce biofuels.