Filamentous fungal biomats, methods of their production and methods of their use
AssigneeSustainable Bioproducts, 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.
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A food product, comprising a filamentous fungal biomat, wherein the biomat has a protein content of at least 40%, wherein the biomat comprises at least two structurally different cell layers in contact with each other, wherein the structural difference between the cell layers is the density within each layer, and wherein the biomat is produced by culturing filamentous fungi to produce at least 25 g dry wt filamentous fungi/l media.
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