| abstract |
A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PROTEINS BY FERMENTATION WHICH COMPRISES CULTERING A MICROORGANISM CAPABLE ASSIMILATING HYDROCARBONS AND WHICH BELONGS TO THE GENUS ARTHROBACTER, BREVIBACTERIUM, MICROCOCCUS, CORYNEBACTERIUM, BACTERIUM, PSEUDOMNAS, MYCOBACTERIUM, NOCARDIA, CANDIDA OR ASPERGILLUS UNDER AEROBIC CONDITIONS IN AN AQUEOUS NUTRIENT MEDIUM CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE HYDROCARBON AS THE MAIN CARBON SOURCE. THE PROTEINS ACCUMULATE EXTRACELLULARLY IN THE RESULTANT CULTURE LIQUOR, AN AGENT TO HELP DISCHARGE THE PROTEINS INTO THE MEDIUM MAY ALSO BE INCLUDED, THEREIN, FOR EXAMPLE, ANTIBIOTICS, SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS, HIGHER FATTY ACIDS OR HIGHER FATTY ACID ESTERS. |