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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2012
Marios Avgousti, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Timothy Allan Bell, Wilmington, DE (US);
Richard E. Bockrath, Wilmington, DE (US);
Oliver Walter Gutsche, Wilmington, DE (US);
Keith W. Hutchenson, Lincoln University, PA (US);
Shu-chien Liang, Newark, DE (US);
Robert D. Orlandi, Landenberg, PA (US);
Marios Avgousti, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Timothy Allan Bell, Wilmington, DE (US);
Richard E. Bockrath, Wilmington, DE (US);
Oliver Walter Gutsche, Wilmington, DE (US);
Keith W. Hutchenson, Lincoln University, PA (US);
Shu-Chien Liang, Newark, DE (US);
Robert D. Orlandi, Landenberg, PA (US);
E l du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods are provided for pelletizing a microbial biomass, extracting a refined lipid composition from the pelletized biomass under supercritical conditions and distilling the refined lipid composition, at least once under short path distillation conditions, to obtain a lipid-containing fraction. Also disclosed are methods of making lipid-containing oil concentrates therefrom, by transesterifying and enriching the lipid-containing fraction.