Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for producing alcohol using tree as starting material and alcohol solution obtained by same
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Application No.: US14119320Application Date: 2012-05-23
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Publication No.: US09828612B2Publication Date: 2017-11-28
- Inventor: Kaoru Mitarai , Miho Sakai , Kenji Matsui
- Applicant: Kaoru Mitarai , Miho Sakai , Kenji Matsui
- Applicant Address: JP Saiki-Shi JP Oita-Shi
- Assignee: Meisho Co., Ltd.,Fujisawa Environment Development Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Meisho Co., Ltd.,Fujisawa Environment Development Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Saiki-Shi JP Oita-Shi
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/063224 WO 20120523
- International Announcement: WO2012/161230 WO 20121129
- Main IPC: C12P1/00
- IPC: C12P1/00 ; C12N9/00 ; C12P7/02 ; C12P7/10 ; C12P39/00 ; C12P7/14 ; C05F11/00 ; C12F3/10 ; C12G3/02 ; A23K10/38

Abstract:
A method is provided for the production of alcohol from trees, the method comprising a step of treating a subject tree with mother cell lyases formed through cytolysis associated with sporulation of spore-forming aerobic bacteria, thereby degrading said tree into a powdery state and obtaining a tree degradation product; a step of sterilizing said tree degradation product; a step of treating said sterilized tree degradation product with a koji fungus (Aspergillus oryzae) thereby carrying out a primary fermentation; a step of adding a yeast to the fermentation broth obtained by said primary fermentation thereby carrying out a secondary fermentation; and a step of filtering the fermentation broth obtained by said secondary fermentation, wherein said mother cell lyases are obtained by culturing said spore-forming aerobic bacteria, subjecting the resultant culture medium to a starvation state, thereby converting said bacteria into endospores, and removing impurities including said endosporic bacteria from said culture medium and wherein said spore-forming aerobic bacteria are MRE symbiotic bacteria.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140373582A1 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALCOHOL USING TREE AS STARTING MATERIAL AND ALCOHOL SOLUTION OBTAINED BY SAME Public/Granted day:2014-12-25
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