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Extraction of Triglycerides from Micro-organisms

Abstract

Oil is extracted from oil containing microorganisms by disintegrating the microorganisms and contacting them in the presence of a water content of at least 70% by weight of that originally present in the cellular material with a water immiscible solvent for the oil, separating the solvent from the microorganisms and recovering the oil from the solvent.

Patent number: 6180376
Filing date: Jan 20, 1998
Issue date: Jan 30, 2001
Inventor: John Macdonald Liddell
Assignee: Zeneca LimitedPrimary Examiner: Vera Afremova

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