Animal meal that includes fungal biomass
AssigneeMenon Renewable Products, Inc.
InventorsSuresh M. Menon, Arul Victor Suresh, Samantha S. Orchard, Kashinatham Alisala, Jagadish C. Sircar, Sara Ingegard Hash
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an isolated cellulose degrading fungus. Also disclosed are culture compositions and bioreactor compositions comprising the cellulose degrading fungus. Further described herein are filtration and extraction devices comprising the cellulose degrading fungus. Still further disclosed are bioprocessing facilities for and methods for producing co-products resulting from one or more bioprocesses of the cellulose degrading fungus.
Claims39
A method of manufacture of an animal feed comprising combining dried fungal biomass with whey, thereby forming an admixture, wherein the admixture is suitable for animal consumption, thereby manufacturing an animal feed, wherein the dried fungal biomass comprises a fungus selected from the group consisting of:
- a fungus having a 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene sequence with at least 98% nucleotide sequence identity to the nucleic acid of SEQ ID NO:
- 1;
- a fungus having an ITS1 sequence with at least 98% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 2;
- a fungus having an ITS2 sequence with at least 98% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 3;
- a fungus having a 28S ribosomal RNA gene sequence with at least 98% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 4, Penicillium menonorum and a species being the same as NRRL deposit Accession No:
- 50410.
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