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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Heather D. Dettman, Edmonton, CA;
Ryan Lister, Edmonton, CA;
Louis D. Heerze, Edmonton, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 32/00 (2006.01); C10G 75/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 32/00 (2013.01); C10G 75/02 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1033 (2013.01); C10G 2300/203 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4075 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of microorganisms (biocatalysts), or catalysts derived from these organisms (enzymes), to improve the quality of crude oil and bitumen as an attractive alternative to current upgrading methods. The invention identifies and characterizes the microorganism species, in particular,(UTEX 2209) and(ATCC533), that have the capability to biochemically convert organic acids into chemical species that do not possess corrosive properties.