METHODS OF RECOVERING OIL FROM MICROORGANISMS

摘要

Provided herein are methods of recovering oil from microorganisms. The methods are useful, for example, in obtaining nutritional oils and/or lipid biofuels. The methods of recovering oil described herein include contacting a population of microorganisms with one or more enzymes under conditions that cause disruption of the microorganisms, concentrating the disrupted microorganisms, and extracting lipids from the disrupted microorganisms at high temperature in the presence of a salt and in the absence of solvent.

主权项

1. A method of recovering lipids from a population of microorganisms comprising:
(a) contacting the population of microorganisms with one or more enzymes under conditions that cause disruption of the microorganisms; (b) concentrating the disrupted microorganisms; and (c) extracting lipids from the disrupted microorganisms at a high temperature in the presence of a salt in and in the absence of organic solvents.