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US 12,269,784 B2Granted
Biomass production
AssigneeNbtech AB
InventorsNathalie Berezina, Maxim Chapovalov
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the production of biomass from at least one plastic polymer. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to use of a feed for production of biomass, wherein larvae of the family Pyralidae or of the family Tenebrionidae are fed on a feed comprising at least one plastic polymer, a related use of increasing pupation in a population of larva.
Claims8
Method for producing biomass, the method comprising
- bringing at least one larva of the species Galleria mellonella into contact with a feed, wherein said feed comprises at least one plastic polymer, wherein said polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, polyurethane, polyester, polyacrylate, polyglycol, polyvinyl chloride, polycarbonate, polyvinylidene chloride, synthetic polyamide, polypropylene terephthalate, polyether, poly(ethylene-vinylacetate), polyacrylonitrile, and mixes of distinct polymers or copolymers thereof;
- allowing said at least one larva to feed on said at least one plastic polymer, thereby producing biomass;
- and wherein said method provides a suitable growth condition for a weight increase in said at least one larvae.
Method for increasing pupation in a population of larva of the species Galleria mellonella, the method comprising
- bringing said population of larva into contact with feed and allowing the population of larva to feed on said feed, wherein said feed comprises at least one polymer, wherein said polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, polyurethane, polyester, polyacrylate, polyglycol, polyvinyl chloride, polycarbonate, polyvinylidene chloride, synthetic polyamide, polypropylene terephthalate, polyether, polystyrene, polysaccharide, poly(ethylene-vinylacetate), polyacrylonitrile, and mixes of distinct polymers or copolymers thereof;
- and
- wherein said pupation of larva fed under a suitable growth condition is increased compared to when a corresponding population of larva is fed a natural feed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.