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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 04, 2014
Applicant:

Lanzatech New Zealand Limited, Skokie, IL (US);

Inventors:

Christophe Collet, Auckland, NZ;

Jan Yan Ng, Auckland, NZ;

David Nathaniel Aston, Auckland, NZ;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12P 7/18 (2006.01); C12P 7/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 23/40 (2013.01); C12M 23/58 (2013.01); C12P 7/06 (2013.01); C12P 7/18 (2013.01); C12P 7/54 (2013.01); Y02E 50/16 (2013.01); Y02E 50/17 (2013.01);
Abstract

A bioreactor system is provided for continuous fermentation of a gaseous substrate, said system comprising two or more primary bioreactors and one or more secondary bioreactors connected by a central bleed line. Further provided is a process for inoculating multiple bioreactors utilizing a central bleed line, said process comprising passing fermentation broth from a first primary bioreactor to other primary bioreactors and/or secondary bioreactors via a central bleed line. Further provided is a process for maintaining stable fermentation of a gaseous substrate across multiple bioreactors, said process comprising providing fermentation broth from one or more operational primary bioreactors to one or more secondary bioreactors via a central bleed line.


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