US 12,365,925 B2 · Method and system for treatment of microorganisms during propagation, conditioning, fermentation, and preservation using ethyl lauroyl arginate and selected additives

Abstract

What is disclosed is a method of reducing undesirable concentrations of microorganisms without the use of man-made antibiotics, comprising the steps of: introducing a quantity of fermentable carbohydrate; sugar or cellulose to an aqueous system; introducing a quantity of desirable microorganism to the aqueous system; introducing at least one acid into the aqueous system, wherein the at least one acid is selected from the group consisting of hops acid, organic acid, or a combination of hops acid and organic acid; and introducing a compound comprised of Lauryl-L-arginine ethyl ester monohydrochloride (LAE) into the aqueous system. The use of LAE as a preservative of distiller's grains and solubles is also disclosed.

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Dependent claims

A method of controlling undesirable gram-positive microorganism concentration in a fermentation mixture and in a plant biomass, the method comprising the steps of:

introducing a fermentable carbohydrate to the fermentation mixture;
introducing at least one desirable microorganism that is capable of fermenting the fermentable carbohydrate to the fermentation mixture;
and
introducing a first at least one Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate compound to the fermentation mixture;
distilling the fermentation mixture to produce whole stillage byproducts;
separating the plant biomass from the whole stillage byproducts, wherein the plant biomass has a total moisture content as low as about 11%;
and
applying a second at least one Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate compound to the plant biomass.

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Method and system for treatment of microorganisms during propagation, conditioning, fermentation, and preservation using ethyl lauroyl arginate and selected additives

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Method and system for treatment of microorganisms during propagation, conditioning, fermentation, and preservation using ethyl lauroyl arginate and selected additives

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