CELLULASE PREPARATION CONTAINING NONIONIC SURFACTANT AND METHOD OF TREATING FIBER

• Main Authors: BABA, YUKO, KONO, TOSHIAKI, KOGA, JINICHIRO, NAKANE, AKITAKA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 27.08.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; APPARATUS THEREFOR; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS,YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; DYEING LEATHER, FURS, OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES INANY FORM; DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; ENZYMOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCESFROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; SPIRITS; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS,FABRICS, FEATHERS, OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to a cellulase preparation comprising nonionic surfactants together with endoglucanases derived from Zygomycetes; a detergent composition comprising the above cellulase preparation with detergent components; a method of treating fabric which comprises treating cellulose-containing fabric with the above cellulase preparation so as to improve the properties of the fabric; a method of deinking waster paper which comprises a step of treating waste paper with the above cellulase preparation together with a deinking agent; and a method of improving the freeness of paper pulp which comprises a step of treating paper pulp with the above cellulase preparation.