Patents Assigned to FERMENTALG
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Patent number: 12139516Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for purifying phycobiliproteins, in particular acid-pH-resistant phycobiliproteins, the resulting phycobiliproteins, and the uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Olivier Cagnac, Axel Athane, Julien Demol
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Patent number: 12134778Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for culturing microorganisms, in particular protists, carried out in such a way as to prevent the microorganisms from adhering to the walls of the reactors in which the culture is performed.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: FERMENTALGInventor: Philippe Boudier
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Patent number: 12031104Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for extracting an oil rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), in particular an oil of microorganisms rich in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n3), in particular oils comprising more than 60% of PUFA relative to the total mass of fat.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Louis Bourles, Benjamin Seguela, Emma Caderby, Hywel Griffiths
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Patent number: 12031120Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of culturing unicellular red algae (URA). The invention relates in particular to a method for culturing URA, characterised in that the culture medium includes milk permeate as the main contribution of at least one carbon source. The invention also relates to biomass which can be obtained by the method according to the invention, to the uses of said biomass and to the products that can include said biomass.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Olivier Cagnac, Bruno Gehin, Marion Champeaud
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Patent number: 11560542Abstract: The invention relates to the cultivation of unicellular red algae (URA) for producing biomass for the production of products of interest, such as dry biomass or compounds or mixtures of compounds of interest extracted from the biomass produced, particularly food pigments or colouring agents. The invention more particularly relates to the industrial production of said biomass, which must satisfy an economic equilibrium of profitability, with both an increase in productivity (quantity of biomass and of compounds of interest in the biomass) and an economically acceptable production cost.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Olivier Cagnac, Axel Athane, Marion Champeaud
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Patent number: 11365387Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of culturing unicellular red algae (URA). The invention relates in particular to a method for culturing URA, characterised in that the culture medium includes milk permeate as the main contribution of at least one carbon source. The invention also relates to biomass which can be obtained by the method according to the invention, to the uses of said biomass and to the products that can include said biomass.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Olivier Cagnac, Bruno Gehin, Marion Champeaud
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Patent number: 11162126Abstract: The invention relates to the field of alga culture, particularly the culture of unicellular red algae (URA). In particular, the invention relates to a method for the culture of unicellular red algae, characterized in that the specific culture conditions, in terms of lighting and nutrients, allow the production of a protein-rich biomass that can contain an increased amount of URA and produce, in addition to pigments, particularly phycocyanin and carotenoids: ?-carotene and zeaxanthin. The invention also relates to the biomass that can be produced using the method of the invention, to the uses of the biomass and to products that can contain said biomass.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Olivier Cagnac, Lannig Richard, Julie Labro
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Patent number: 10844346Abstract: The invention relates to a microbial biomass composition produced from a heterotrophic fermentation whose fatty acid profile exhibits an eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) to arachidonic acid (ARA) ratio of about 11:1 or more, an EPA to total co-concentrating fatty acid ratio of about 8:1 or more, extract compositions, and methods of producing such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: FermentalgInventors: Hywel David Griffiths, Karl Thomas Geiringer, Mark Humphrey Dines
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Patent number: 10724011Abstract: The present technology relates to a microalga that is genetically modified by inhibiting the activity of the enzyme ?0-elongase (?0-ELO), which uses palmitic acid, a saturated fatty acid, as substrate and is associated with the production of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG). The present technology also relates to a process for culturing the microalga for increased production of triacylglycerols (TAGs) and recovery of the TAGs.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignees: FERMENTALG, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Lina Juana Dolch, Camille Rak, Fabrice Rebeille, Juliette Jouhet, Marina Leterrier, Eric Marechal
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Patent number: 10597630Abstract: Disclosed is a method for culture of microalgae, advantageously of the genus Crypthecodinium having a gene coding for the small 18s ribosomal RNA subunit having a genetic similarity of at least 96% with the same gene of the strain of the species Crypthecodinium cohnii deposited in the CCAP (Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa) under number CCAP 1104/3 in a defined chemical medium.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Pierre Calleja, Cyril Rols, Julien Pagliardini, Brice Bourdenx
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Patent number: 10377983Abstract: The invention relates to methods of producing a diatom biomass. More particularly, the invention relates to methods to produce a diatom biomass using a continuous culture to produce a volumetric production rate of biomass of at least 20 g dry weight/L/day, wherein the culture medium is designed to provide the essential nutrients to maintain the diatom in log phase growth. In a preferred cmbodimcnt the biomass comprises highly unsaturated fatty acid.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Mark Humphrey Dines, Hywel David Griffiths, Moreland David Gibbs
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Patent number: 10100340Abstract: A method for culturing a protist of the Aurantiochytrium mangrovei genus. The genus is characterized genetically and by virtue of the lipid profile thereof. The method makes it possible to obtain a high biomass yield and a lipid, and more particularly docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), enrichment of the protists thus cultured. The development of a culture medium allows the production, at high cell density, of a DHA-rich protest of the Aurantiochytrium mangrovei genus. The medium is chemically defined at low sodium ion (Na+) and chloride ion (Cl?) content.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Pierre Calleja, Julien Pagliardini, Olivier Cagnac, Francois Godart
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Patent number: 10100345Abstract: Disclosed are novel strains of protists belonging to the Aurantiochytrium genus that allow the high yield production of lipids and carotenoids, in particular docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and canthaxanthin and/or astaxanthin, in mixotrophic mode, in particular, using variable and/or discontinuous provision of light, in particular in the form of flashes.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Francois Godart, Julien Pagliardini, Cyril Rols, Pierre Calleja
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Publication number: 20180271119Abstract: The invention relates to an acid composition, particularly an acid food composition, comprising at least one phycocyanin resistant to pH acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FERMENTALGInventor: Olivier CAGNAC
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Publication number: 20180274002Abstract: The invention relates to the field of algaculture, particularly the culture of unicellular red algae (URA). In particular, the invention relates to a method for the culture of unicellular red algae, characterised in that the specific culture conditions, in terms of lighting and nutrients, allow the production of a protein-rich biomass that can contain an increased amount of URA and produce, in addition to pigments, particularly phycocyanin and carotenoids: ?-carotene and zeaxanthin. The invention also relates to the biomass that can be produced using the method of the invention, to the uses of the biomass and to products that can contain said biomass.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FERMENTALGInventors: Olivier CAGNAC, Lannig RICHARD, Julie LABRO
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Publication number: 20180208886Abstract: The invention is in the field of cultures of microalgae, in particular thraustochytrids. The invention relates to a protein-rich biomass of thraustochytrids, to a method of obtaining said biomass, and to the uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicants: FERMENTALG, ADISSEO FRANCE SASInventors: Olivier CAGNAC, Cyril ROLS, Julien PAGLIARDINI, Pierre CALLEJA, Cécile GADY, Sabrina VANDEPLAS
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Patent number: 9938545Abstract: The present invention relates to a genetically engineered algae strain in which the expression of the CGI-58 gene or homologous gene thereof is silenced. The present invention further relates to a method of triacylglycerol accumulation using said genetically engineered diatom and/or diatom strain.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: FERMENTALG, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE(C.N.R.S), COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Pierre Calleja, Marina Leterrier, Eric Marechal
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Patent number: 9879218Abstract: The invention relates to methods of producing a diatom biomass. More particularly, the invention relates to methods to produce a diatom biomass using a continuous culture to produce a volumetric production rate of biomass of at least 20 g dry weight/L/day, wherein the culture medium is designed to provide the essential nutrients to maintain the diatom in log phase growth. In a preferred embodiment the biomass comprises highly unsaturated fatty acid.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Mark Humphrey Dines, Hywel David Griffiths, Moreland David Gibbs
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Patent number: 9580730Abstract: New strains of microalgae belonging to the Nitzschia genus, allow high-yield production of lipids, in particular of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and/or eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and/or carotenoids, in particular fucoxanthin, in mixotrophic mode, and a method for selecting and culturing such strains, using a variable and/or discontinuous light source, in particular a flashing light.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Khadidja Romari, Francois Godart, Pierre Calleja
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Patent number: 9556468Abstract: Novel strains of microalgae belonging to the Scenedesmus genus enable the production of lipids, in particular lutein, in mixotrophic mode, as well as a method for selecting and culturing the strains using a variable and/or discontinuous supply of light, in particular in the form of flashes.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: FERMENTALGInventors: Khadidja Romari, Francois Godart, Pierre Calleja