Method for obtaining a lipid-containing composition from microbial biomass

• Main Authors: HUTCHENSON KEITH W, BELL TIMOTHY ALLAN, BOCKRATH RICHARD E, GUTSCHE OLIVER WALTER, ORLANDI ROBERT D, LIANG SHUIEN, AVGOUSTI MARIOS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.04.2015
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; SPIRITS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; VINEGAR; WINE

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. Als...