Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7541491 | Gene involved in growth-promoting function of acetic acid bacteria and uses thereof The present invention provides a gene involved in the growth-promoting function of acetic acid bacteria and a microorganism containing the gene. In particular, the present invention provides a method for enhancing the growth-promoting function of acetic acid bacteri... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7446192 | Gene participating in acetic acid tolerance, acetic acid bacteria bred using the gene, and process for producing vinegar with the use of the acetic acid bacteria The present invention is intended to provide novel genes participating in acetic acid tolerance of acetic acid bacteria, and a method of improving acetic acid tolerance of microorganisms, particularly that of acetic acid bacteria by using the genes, further a method... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7354751 | Alcohol dehydrogenase gene of acetic acid bacterium A novel gene having a function of improving acetic acid fermentation in practical level was cloned from a practical acetic acid bacterium belonging to the genus Gluconacetobacter by a method for obtaining a gene having a growth-promoting function in acetic ac... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7256025 | Gene improving temperature-tolerance of acetic acid bacterium, acetic acid bacterium bred using the gene and process for producing vinegar using the acetic acid bacterium The present invention is intended to provide a novel gene originating in an acetic acid bacterium, which participates in temperature tolerance; a method of improving the temperature tolerance of a microorganism, in particular, an acetic acid bacterium using the abov... | 08/14/2007 |
