US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on Nov. 4 for "Methods for reducing and/or eliminating microbial populations in a fermentation process" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,232, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Methods for reducing and/or eliminating microbial populations in a fermentation process" was invented by Peter J. Fernholz (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Jay Kummet (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for the use of peracid compositions to eliminate and/or control the growth of undesirable bacteria, including contaminating bacteria, in the fermentation production of alcohol is disclosed. Beneficially, the peracid compositions and methods of use of the same do not interfere or inhibit the growth or replication of yeast and have low or no adver...