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  • Surfactant-based extraction process
    Patent number: 6105786
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for preparing a detergent powder containing enzymes where the enzymes are extracted from a fermentation broth with a salt and surfactant mixture and directly agglomerated with detergent paste and dried to form the detergent powder. The process results in a two phase system where the enzyme is extracted into the surfactant rich phase and the second phase is salt rich. The process is especially useful for whole or clarified fermentation broths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.
    Inventors: Edit L. Braunstein, Nathaniel T. Becker, Grant C. Ganshaw, Thomas P. Graycar