Global Patent Index - EP 0788551 A1

EP 0788551 A1 19970813 - A METHOD FOR IMPROVED RAW MATERIAL UTILIZATION IN FERMENTATION PROCESSES

Title (en)

A METHOD FOR IMPROVED RAW MATERIAL UTILIZATION IN FERMENTATION PROCESSES

Title (de)

EINE METHODE FÜR VERBESSERTE ROHMATERIALVERWENDUNG IN FERMENTATIONSVERFAHREN

Title (fr)

PROCEDE AMELIORANT L'UTILISATION DES MATIERES PREMIERES DANS LES PROCESSUS DE FERMENTATION

Publication

EP 0788551 A1 19970813 (EN)

Application

EP 95938927 A 19951026

Priority

  • EP 95938927 A 19951026
  • EP 94203123 A 19941027
  • US 9513876 W 19951026

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9613600A1] Raw materials such as glucose syrups, cane or beet molasses used in fermentative production processes usually contain saccharides which cannot be utilized by the microorganism employed in the fermentative process. The present invention discloses the use of enzyme preparations capable of hydrolysing the unfermentable saccharides into fermentable saccharides in order to improve the yield of the fermentative production process. The enzyme preparations may be applied at a point in the process where the overall carbohydrate concentration is less than 20 % in order to avoid reversion reactions. The enzyme preparations are preferably applied in an immobilized form.

IPC 1-7

C12P 7/06; C12P 7/20; C12P 7/56; C12P 19/14

IPC 8 full level

C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12P 7/20 (2006.01); C12P 7/56 (2006.01); C12P 19/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C12P 7/06 (2013.01); C12P 7/20 (2013.01); C12P 7/56 (2013.01); C12P 19/14 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9613600A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9613600 A1 19960509; AU 4013295 A 19960523; CA 2203811 A1 19960509; EP 0788551 A1 19970813; FI 971781 A0 19970425; FI 971781 A 19970425; MX 9702933 A 19970731

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9513876 W 19951026; AU 4013295 A 19951026; CA 2203811 A 19951026; EP 95938927 A 19951026; FI 971781 A 19970425; MX 9702933 A 19951026