Patent ID: 8592198

Claim:
A method of culturing a microorganism which comprises culturing a microorganism in a broad spectrum growth medium that is a sterile nutrient composition comprising the biomass of a culture comprising methanotrophic bacteria, wherein the culture comprising methanotrophic bacteria used to produce the biomass comprises at least 50% by weight methanotrophic bacteria relative to the total bacterial weight of the biomass, wherein the biomass comprises Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath), NCIMB 41526, Ralstonia sp. DB3, NCIMB 41527 , Brevibacillus agri DB5, NCIMB 41525, and Aneurinibacillus sp. DB4, strain NCIMB 41528, wherein the growth medium comprises a hydrolysate, homogenate or autolysate of the biomass of methanotrophic bacteria, and at least one nutrient selected from the group consisting of: (a) glucose; and (b) nitrate and mineral salts.