Abstract: A specialized culture medium for the promotion of alginate production by stable mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial strains and methods for the production and purification of industrial, commercial, and pharmaceutical grade alginate from bacteriological sources are provided herein. Alginate produced using the media and methods disclosed herein is structurally uniform and substantially free of bacterial cell contaminants, including endotoxin.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 12, 2012
Publication date:
July 26, 2012
Applicant:
PROGENESIS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Inventors:
Hongwei David Yu, Richard M. Niles, Xin Wang, Kristy Dawn Dillon