Patent ID: 9296985
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: C12N,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A method of fractionating algae, including the steps of: permeability conditioning whole algae suspended in a solution pH adjusted to a range chosen from the group consisting of 1.0 to 6.5 and 7.5 to 14 of at least one water-based polar solvent effecting the cell wall permeability of the algae to form a conditioned biomass, intimately contacting the conditioned biomass with at least one non-polar solvent and obtaining a multiphase suspension, partitioning the multiphase suspension to obtain a non-polar solvent solution and a polar biomass solution, recovering cell products from the non-polar solvent solution and polar biomass solution and fractionating polar and water soluble components from the biomass.