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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Inventors:
Eric P. Knoshaug, Golden, CO (US);
Bryon S. Donohoe, Golden, CO (US);
Henri Gerken, Queen City, AZ (US);
Lieve Laurens, Denver, CO (US);
Stefanie Rose Van Wychen, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 1/00 (2006.01); C11B 1/10 (2006.01); C11B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 1/10 (2013.01); C11B 1/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
Presented herein are methods of using cell wall degrading enzymes for recovery of internal lipid bodies from biomass sources such as algae. Also provided are algal cells that express at least one exogenous gene encoding a cell wall degrading enzyme and methods for recovering lipids from the cells.