ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,923, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to KYANOS BIOTECHNOLOGIES (Toulouse, France).
"Method for cultivating a microorganism of interest and associated facility" was invented by Pierre-Alain Hoffmann (Toulouse, France) and Evelyne Gleyses (Escalquens, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for cultivating at least one microorganism of interest, by heterotrophism or mixotrophism, in an aqueous culture medium, contaminating microorganisms developing naturally in the culture medium. A portion of the culture medium with the microorganism of interest and the contaminating microorganisms is sampled. The microorganism of interest and ...