Patent ID: 9593067
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: C07C,C12N,C12P

Claim:
1. A method for recovering one or more intracellular components from a suspension comprising one or more microorganisms, the method comprising: co-feeding at least two streams to a nebulizer, wherein a first stream comprises an aqueous suspension comprising one or more microorganisms to be lysed and a second stream comprises a liquid or gaseous solvent; nebulizing said suspension in a nebulization chamber maintained at a temperature ranging from 120° C. to 180° C., thereby lysing one or more cell walls of the one or more microorganisms to form a suspension comprising the one or more intracellular components and one or more cell residues derived from the lysing, and a vapour phase comprising the liquid or gaseous solvent; and separating the one or more intracellular components from the one or more cell residues.