ENZYME AND METHODOLOGY FOR THE TREATMENT OF A BIOMASS

• Main Authors: SCHALLER, KASTLI, D, THOMPSON, VICKI, S, THOMPSON, DAVID, N, APEL, WILLIAM, A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 14.05.2009
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMES; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; SPIRITS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; VINEGAR; WINE

An enzyme isolated from an extremophilic microbe, and a method for utilizing same is described, and wherein the enzyme displays optimum enzymatic activity at a temperature of greater than about 80 degrees C, and a pH of less than about 2, and further may be useful in methodology including the pretreatment of a biomass so as to facilitate the production of an end product. L'invention concerne une enzyme isolée à partir d'un microbe extrémophile, et un procédé d'utilisation de celle-ci. L'enzyme de l'invention présente une activité enzymatique optimale à une température supérieure à environ 80 degrés C, un pH inférieur à environ 2, et peut être utilisée dans une méthodologie de type prétraitement d'une biomasse pour faciliter la production d'un produit final.