Abstract:
1. IN A PROCESS FOR THE GROWTH OF CELLS OF AN AEROBIC MICROORGANISM IN AN AGITATED CULTURE MEDIUM CONTAINED IN A FERMENTED AND IN CONTACT WITH AN OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS, SAID CULTURE MEDIUM CONTAINING AN INOCULUM OF SAID MICROORGANISM, AN AQUEOUS MINERAL SALT NUTRIENT, AND A LIQUID HYDROCARBON SUBSTRATE, THE IMPROVEMENT FOR CONTROLLING THE FORMATION OF FOAM IN SAID CULTURE MEDIUM DURING GROWTH OF SAID CELLS OF SAID MICROORGANISM COMPRISING CIRCULATING SAID CULTURE MEDIUM OVER A SOLID, UNIT BODY HAVING A MINIMUM DIMENSION OF 0.001 INCH OF A POLYMER HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT ABOVE 25,000 SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYETHYLENE, POLYPROPYLENE, POLYBUTYLENE, AND POLYSTYRENE, SAID SOLID,UNIT BODY BEING IN THE FORM OF A FILAMENT, A DISTINCT SHAPE, OR AN INDISCRIMINATE SHAPE.
Abstract:
A METHOD OF ISOLATING A MUTANT STRAIN OF AN AMINO ACID-PRODUCING MICROORGANISM, WHICH MUTANT PRODUCES SAID AMINO ACID AT A GREATER RATE THAN NORMALLY PRODUCED BY ITS MICROORGANISM PARENT, BY THE STEP OF CULTURING THE MICROORGANISM PARENT IN THE PRESENCE OF (1) AN ANTIMETABOLITE AND (2) A CO-INHIBITOR AGENT, THEREBY INHIBITING THE GROWTH OF THE NORMAL MICROORGANISM, ISOLATING AND SUBCULTURING THE MUTANT AND OBTAINING THE DESIRED AMINO ACID.
Abstract:
This specification discloses a method for producing aerobic, hydrocarbon-utilizing yeasts. The yeasts are grown in an oxygencontaining incubation zone in an agitated culture mixture in the form of an oil phase-continuous emulsion of oil and water. The oil phase of the emulsion comprises a hydrocarbon and the water phase comprises an aqueous mineral nutrient solution. The pH of the emulsion is maintained in the range of 2-4 during growth of the yeasts and the yeasts are grown to a desired extent but not to a point where the emulsion inverts into a water phasecontinuous emulsion. The pH of the emulsion is then raised at least one-half pH unit into the range of above 4 but not above 5, thereby separating the emulsion into an oil phase and a water phase, the water phase containing the yeast cells. The yeast cells are then recovered from the water phase.
Abstract:
THIS SPECIFICATION DISCLOSES INHIBITION OF FOAMING IN A LIQUID SYSTEM CONTAINING WATER AND A HYDROCARBON. INHIBITION IS EFFECTED BY THE PRESENCE IN THE SYSTEM OF PARTICLES OF A SOLID, INSOLUBLE MATERIAL. THESE PARTICLES HAVE A SURFACE AREA OF LESS THAN 50 SQUARE METERS PER GRAM AND A PORTION OF THEIR SURFACES IS OCCUPIED BY POLAR SITES. REPRESENTATIVE SOLID MATERIALS ARE POLY-2,6-DIMETHYL-1,4-PHENYLENE OXIDE, A COPOLYMER OF 2,6-DIMETHYL PHENOL AND 2METHYL-1,6-TETRADECYL PHENOL WHEREIN THE PROPORTION OF THE LATTER COMPOUND DOES NOT EXCEED ABOUT 20 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE COPOLYMER, A COPOLYMER OF VINYL STEARATE AND MALEIC ANHYDRIDE, SUBLIMED SULFUR, SILICON CARBIDE, AND POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE COMMINUTED UNDER CRYOGENIC CONDITIONS.
Abstract:
THIS SPECIFICATION DISCLOSES INHIBITION OF FOAMING IN A LIQUID SYSTEM CONTAINING WATER AND A HYDROCARBON. INHIBITION IS EFFECTED BY THE PRESENCE IN THE SYSTEM OF PARTICLES OF A SOLID, INSOLUBLE MATERIAL. THESE PARTICLES HAVE A SURFACE AREA OF LESS THAN 50 SQUARE METERS PER GRAM AND A PORTION OF THEIR SURFACES IS OCCUPIED BY POLAR SITES. REPRESENTATIVE SOLID MATERIALS ARE POLY-2,6-DIMETHYL-1,4PHENYLENE OXIDE, A COPOLYMER OF 2,6-DIMETHYL PHENOL AND 2-METHYL-1,6-TETRADECYL PHENOL WHEREIN THE PORTION OF THE LATTER COMPOUND DOES NOT EXCEED ABOUT 20 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE COPOLYMER, A COPOLYMER OF VINYL STEARATE AND MALEIC ANHYDRIDE, SUBLIMED SULFUR, SILICON CARBIDE, AND POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE COMMINUTED UNDER CRYOGENIC CONDITIONS.