Patent ID: 8535535

Claim:
A process for stabilizing liquid phases in a composition comprising at least two liquid phases, wherein the process comprises adding to the composition a hydrophobin to comprise from 0.001 ppm to 80 ppm of the composition, and wherein the composition comprises: a) oil and water; or b) fuel and water, wherein the hydrophobin is a fusion hydrophobin or a derivative thereof, and the fusion hydrophobin is selected from the group consisting of yaad-Xa-dewA-his (SEQ ID NO: 20), yaad-Xa-rodA-his (SEQ ID NO: 22) and yaad-Xa-basf1-his (SEQ ID NO: 24), where yaad may be a truncated fusion partner yaad' having from 20 to 293 amino acids, and wherein addition of the hydrophobin to the composition stabilizes the liquid phases as compared to a composition without the addition of the hydrophobin.