Enzyme and methodology for the treatment of a biomass

Vicki Thompson (Inventor), David Thompson (Inventor), Kastli Schaller (Inventor), William A. Apel (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

An enzyme isolated from an extremophilic microbe, and a method for utilizing same is described, and wherein the enzyme displays optimum enzymatic activity at a temperature of greater than about 80° C., and a pH of less than about 2, and further may be useful in methodology including pretreatment of a biomass so as to facilitate the production of an end product.
Original languageAmerican English
Patent number7,727,755
StatePublished - Jun 1 2010

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