Filamentous fungal biomats, methods of their production and methods of their use
AssigneeThe Fynder Group, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Kozubal, Richard E. Macur, Yuval C. Avniel
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Abstract
A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.
Claims19
A fungal mycelial biomass, comprising mycelia of a fungal species of the phylum Basidiomycota, wherein the fungal mycelial biomass;
- comprises aerial hyphae, is a single non-viable cohesive sheet,
- comprises nutrients derived from a carbon source selected from food waste and/or agricultural waste, and
- is suitable for use as a food product.
A method of making a fungal mycelial biomass, comprising:
- a) culturing a fungal species of the phylum Basidiomycota on a feedstock comprising a carbon source selected from food waste and/or agricultural waste to form a single sheet of cohesive fungal mycelial biomass, wherein the biomass comprises aerial hyphae;
- b) harvesting the single sheet of cohesive fungal mycelial biomass;
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- c) treating the single sheet of cohesive fungal mycelial biomass to make the fungal mycelial biomass non-viable,
- wherein the fungal mycelial biomass is suitable for use as a food product.
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