ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,305, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD (Sheffield, Great Britain).
"Method of culturing algae" was invented by Thomas James Burns (Sheffield, Great Britain) and Daniel James Gilmour (South Ayrshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a heterotrophic methods of culturing algae, particularly Galdieria species, to produce the valuable pigment phycocyanin. The methods rely on high oxygen saturation and controlled base dosing to provide improved phycocyanin production. The present invention further relates to algal biomass, compositions comprising said biomass or phycoc...