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US 11,920,126 B2Granted
Bio-manufacturing process
AssigneeEcovative Design LLC
InventorDamen Schaak
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Abstract
The process of making a biocomposite material utilize a bacterial species and a fungal species in an agricultural feedstock composed of a substrate of non-nutrient discrete particles and a nutrient material wherein the bacterial species imparts mechanical properties to the biocomposite material and the fungal species binds the biocomposite material. Both bacterium and fungus can be genetically engineered to produce desired properties within the microbial communities.
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A process comprising:
- obtaining a feedstock including non-nutrient discrete particles, a nutrient material and at least one native microbial species;
- isolating said at least one native microbial species from said feedstock;
- subjecting said isolated native microbial species to genetic processing to transform said native microbial species into a genetically engineered microbial species having predetermined characteristics;
- thereafter returning said genetically engineered microbial species into said feedstock;
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- cohabitating at least one filamentous fungal species with said genetically engineered microbial species in the feedstock, thereby producing a biocomposite material with desired properties.
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