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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Cletus P. Kurtzman, Peoria, IL (US);
Neil P. Price, Edelstein, IL (US);
Karen J. Ray, East Peoria, IL (US);
Tsung Min Kuo, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Open chain sophorolipids may be produced by fermentation withsp. NRRL Y-27208 or. Dimers and trimers of sophorolipids are also produced. The sophorolipds are produced by inoculating a fermentation medium comprising a carbon source and a lipid, withorspecies NRRL Y-27208, and incubating under aerobic conditions and for a period of time effective to produce an open chain sophorolipid in the medium. The sophorolipids may be subsequently recovered from the fermentation medium.