METHOD FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF FLOUR FROM LIPID-RICH MICROALGA BIOMASS WITH NO "OFF-NOTES" BY CONTROLLING THE OXYGEN AVAILABILITY

• Main Authors: SEGUEILHA LAURENT, JEROSCH HEIKE, DRUON AMANDINE, LE RUYET MARIE, DELAROCHE SYLVAIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.07.2016
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLICBEVERAGES; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; VINEGAR; WINE

The invention relates to a method for fermentative production, on an industrial scale, of lipid-rich biomass of microalgae of the Chlorella genus having acceptable sensory properties, characterised in that the dissolved oxygen availability in the fermenter is controlled by tracking the respiratory quotient of said microalgae.