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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120128853 | METHOD OF PRODUCING BAKER'S YEAST The method of producing baker's yeast involves producing yeast from a substrate composed of date syrup (Dips) diluted by molasses in sufficient quantity to lower the concentration of organic acids present in the date syrup that are toxic to yeast to safe levels, prefera... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120124898 | ORGANISM CO-CULTURE IN THE PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS This invention provides co-cultures of photosynthetic microorganisms and biofuel producing microorganisms. In certain embodiments, polysaccharide-producing, photosynthetic microorganisms are microalgae having frustules provide a substrate on which biofuel-producing micr... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120034648 | PENTOSE SUGAR FERMENTING CELL The invention relates to a cell which comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a xylose isomerase, wherein the amino acid sequence of the xylose isomerase has at least about 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 3 and wherein the nucleot... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028327 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND USING YEAST STRAINS THAT METABOLIZE PENTOSE SUGARS IN THE PRESENCE OF D-GLUCOSE Disclosed herein are materials and methods for creating and/or isolating variants of yeasts especially variants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can grow on sugars other than D-glucose in the presence of amounts of 2-deoxy-glucose and or D-glucose that inhibit mo... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120003740 | ELECTROPORATION APPARATUS AND METHODS This document discloses electroporation vessels, electrocompetent cells that have been aliquoted and frozen in electroporation vessels, and a number of other apparatuses, kits, and methods for electroporation. Some embodiments of electroporation vessels described herein... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110306083 | SALT SELECTION OF MICROBIAL MUTANTS TO INCREASE BIOPRODUCT TOLERANCE, TITER, OR OSMOTIC SHOCK TOLERANCE Methods are provided for selecting microbial strains with improved properties for fermentation and/or bioproduct production. A salt selection is employed to identify mutants with improved bioproduct tolerance, titer, or osmotic tolerance relative to a microbial strain f... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301030 | SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE STRAINS WITH PHYTOSANITARY CAPABILITIES The invention relates to a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisae characterized in that it is selected from strain No. I-3936 deposited on Mar. 4 2008 at the CNCM, strain No. I-3937 deposited on Mar. 4 2008 at the CNCM, strain No. I-3938 deposited on Mar. 4 2008 at th... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110287143 | TEMPERATURE-INDUCED DELIVERY OF NUTRIENTS BY MICRO-ORGANISMS IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT The present invention relates in general to the field of health and well-being. In particular, the present invention relates to temperature sensitive micro-organisms and their use as vehicle for the preparation of a composition to deliver compounds, for example nutrient... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110223287 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING YEAST WITH HIGH GLUTAMIC ACID CONTENT Provided is a method for producing a yeast containing glutamic acid at a high concentration. In the method for culturing a yeast, a yeast in a stationary growth phase is subjected to liquid culture under the conditions that the pH of a liquid medium is 7.5 or higher and... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110201093 | GLUCOSE CONVERSION TO ETHANOL VIA YEAST CULTURES AND BICARBONATE IONS The present invention is directed to the enhanced production of ethanol from fermentation using an ethanol producing microorganism. In particular, the present invention provides a process for the enhanced growth and metabolism of an ethanol producing microorganism (e.g.... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110183394 | METHOD OF PRODUCING YEAST BIOMASS The invention relates to use of a substrate comprising C5 compound-containing material, in the growth of Saccharomyces yeast or the production of a product of Saccharomyces yeast, wherein the C5 compound-containing material is: (a) C5 compound-containing m... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110177557 | Fusion Protein and Use Thereof The invention relates to a fusion protein and a method for the generation of the fusion protein of the invention. Further, the invention relates to the use of the fusion protein of the invention for the generation of induced pluripotent cells. Moreover, the invention re... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110165660 | ENGINEERED MICROORGANISMS WITH ENHANCED FERMENTATION ACTIVITY Provided herein are genetically modified microorganisms that have enhanced fermentation activity, and methods for making and using such microorganisms.... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110165612 | NOVEL YEAST STRAINS FOR PRODUCING ALCOHOL The present invention relates to novel stable yeast strains, to a novel method for obtaining such strains, and to a novel method for evaluating the stability of a yeast strain. The present invention also relates to the yeasts obtained from these novel stable yeast strai... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110159554 | YEAST FOR PRODUCTION OF GLUCOSE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF GLUCOSE USING THE SAME The invention provides: yeast having cellulose degradation ability that degrades cellulose outside the cell and glucose accumulation ability that accumulates, in a reaction liquid, glucose produced from cellulose as a result of the cellulose degradation ability, when th... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110150850 | REDUCED COLONIZATION OF MICROBES AT THE MUCOSA The invention is in the field of use of engineered microbes for the delivery and administration of therapeutic peptides or proteins to humans or animals suffering from a disease, or the use of engineered microbes for the delivery of antigens such as for vaccination purp... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110129567 | NOVEL BREADMAKING YEAST STRAINS The disclosure relates to novel baker's yeast strains, fresh and dry baker's yeasts obtained from said strains and the use thereof in bread-making, said strains being effecting on sugar-free doughs and/or lightly sweetened doughs, optionally in the presence of mould inh... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110129901 | USE OF A CARBONACEOUS SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF YEAST The present invention relates to novel strains of Saccharomyces that can be produced on a carbonaceous substrate which makes it possible to completely and/or partially replace the use of sugar, and to the use thereof for the production of yeast, in particular on ... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110124075 | CONSTRUCTION OF GENETICALLY TRACTABLE INDUSTRIAL YEAST STRAINS Embodiments of the present invention include genetically tractable industrial yeast strains and methods for their construction. In certain preferred embodiments, the genetically tractable industrial yeast strain is a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain, such as a der... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110117604 | COPPER-ENRICHED BIOMASS, METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF AND PRO-BIOTIC , COSMETIC, DIETARY AND NUTRACEUTIC PRODUCTS COMPRISING THE SAME The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a copper-enriched biomass, comprising, in a first step, culturing Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast cells in a liquid nutrient medium comprising a carbon source, a nitrogen source, at least one amino acid and ... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110104736 | SELECTION OF ORGANISMS CAPABLE OF FERMENTING MIXED SUBSTRATES The present invention relates to a method for selecting a strain of an organism capable of improved consumption of a mixed substrate comprising two or more carbon sources as compared to a reference strain of the organism, which method comprises: growing a population of ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110065940 | Method for the production of fat The present invention relates to a method for the production of fat with a principal application as transportation biofuel or a component or raw material therefor. According to the method, cell masses, cell suspensions and/or liquid phases formed in the production of si... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110053235 | FERMENTATIVE PRODUCTION OF ISOBUTANOL WITH YEAST The invention relates to a yeast cell producing isobutanol, characterized in that the cell has an increased metabolic flow of material from pyruvate and acetolactate, 2,3-dihydroxy isovalerate, 2-ketoisovalerate, isobutyraldehyde to isobutanol, in that at least one of t... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110033576 | CLAY INTERLACED YEAST COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF UTILIZING THE SAME The present invention relates to compositions comprising yeast cells and/or yeast cell components and methods for producing and utilizing the same. In particular, the invention provides novel yeast comprising altered cell wall structure (e.g., clay and/or clay component... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033907 | YEAST STRAINS FOR IMPROVED ETHANOL PRODUCTION Novel strains of yeast and methods for improved ethanol production utilizing the yeast strains are disclosed. In particular, the novel yeast strains Saccharomyces cerevisae YE1358 and YE1615 provide for increased fermentation temperature tolerance, as well as tol... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110020389 | AGENTS FOR PROMOTING SECRETION AND/OR SUPPRESSING DECREASE OF ADIPONECTIN To provide an agent promoting secretion and/or suppressing decrease of adiponectin, and an eating and drinking product and a feed promoting secretion and/or suppressing decrease of adiponectin. Provided are an agent promoting secretion and/or suppressing decrease of adi... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110008874 | FROZEN LACTIC ACID BACTERIAL CULTURE OF INDIVIDUAL PELLET A stable, pellet-frozen lactic acid bacteria (LAB) culture comprises at least one additive compound in a commercial relevant package. The pellet-frozen culture has at least 50 g frozen material and a content of viable bacteria of at least 109 colony forming u... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100317078 | METHODS TO IMPROVE ALCOHOL TOLERANCE OF MICROORGANISMS The present invention is directed to a method of producing organisms tolerant to alcohol, that includes selecting a microorganism needing tolerance to alcohol and modifying the selected microorganism under conditions effective to overproduce inositol by the microorganis... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100310718 | LIQUID STARTER CULTURES HAVING AN IMPROVED STORAGE STABILITY AND USE THEREOF Liquid microbial starter culture that retains its initial metabolic activity during storage for extended periods of time. Such liquid starter cultures are useful in the manufacturing of food and feed products. Starter cultures of the invention include culture of lactic ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100311134 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SCLAREOL The present invention provides a method of producing sclareol, said method comprising contacting a particular polypeptide having a sclareol synthase activity with labdenediol diphosphate (LPP). In particular, said method may be carried out in vitro or in vivo to produce... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100310721 | YEAST HAVING IMMUNOPOTENTIATING CAPABILITY AND FOOD OR FEED A yeast including a cell wall having a low mannan content, wherein the yeast has an immunopotentiating capability, and is able to grow in a YPD liquid medium with an osmotic pressure of 300 mOsm, and wherein, when a part of a pre-culture of the yeast grown in a YPDS liq... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100303777 | DELIVERY OF BINDING MOLECULES TO INDUCE IMMUNOMODULATION Delivery of binding molecules, such as antibodies, antibody fragments, single antibody variable domains, soluble receptors, ligands and dominant negative variants, to induce an immunomodulation in a patient is disclosed. More specifically, a medicament which includes mi... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100290996 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS BASED ON CULTURING MICROORGANISMS IN LOW SEDIMENTAL FLUID SHEAR CONDITIONS This invention is directed to applying a low sedimental fluid shear environment to manipulate microorganisms, and to microorganisms and compositions obtained based on such manipulation. Specifically, the present invention provides methods of modifying a molecular geneti... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100273225 | EXPRESSION CASSETTE FOR LACTASE DEHYDROGENASE, TRANSFORMED YEAST AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTIC ACID A gene expressing cassette codes lactate dehydrogenase that is needed for prevention of deterioration in lactic acid yield and lactic acid production rate in continuous culture with simultaneous filtration of a yeast strain having a lactic acid-producing ability, which ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100248332 | Yeast used for pizza and its production method A yeast used for pizza and its production method are provided. The yeast is dry yeast, and the amount of CO2 produced in the dough at 30° C. during 60 minutes is 250˜450 mL CO2/h, wherein the dough contains those ingredients as following: 280 g f... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100205857 | BUTANOL PRODUCTION IN A EUKARYOTIC CELL The present invention relates to a eukaryotic cell capable of producing butanol and ethanol at a ratio butanol:ethanol of between 1:2 to 1:100. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of butanol and ethanol comprising fermenting a eukaryot... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100203617 | USE OF SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE ERG4 MUTANTS FOR EXPRESSING MAMMALIAN GLUCOSE TRANSPORTERS The invention relates to yeast strains in which a human GLUT4 transport or a human GLUT1 transporter can be functionally expressed and to particular GLUT4 transport proteins which can be functionally expressed particularly readily in yeast strains.... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100184196 | COMPOSITE YEAST SUITABLE FOR HIGH CONCENTRATION ALCOHOL FERMENTATION FROM SUGAR-CONTAINING RAW MATERIALS The present invention relates to a composite yeast suitable for high concentration alcohol fermentation from sugar-containing raw materials, characterizing in that the composite yeast comprises any kind of dried yeast selected from Brewers yeast Saccharomyces cerevis... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100178300 | CLAY INTERLACED YEAST COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF UTILIZING THE SAME The present invention relates to compositions comprising yeast cells and/or yeast cell components and methods for producing and utilizing the same. In particular, the invention provides novel yeast comprising altered cell wall structure (e.g., clay and/or clay component... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100167363 | YEAST WITH INCREASED BUTANOL TOLERANCE INVOLVING FILAMENTOUS GROWTH RESPONSE Increasing tolerance to butanol in yeast has been accomplished by increasing activity of the filamentous growth response. Yeast with increased expression of MSS11p, a transcriptional activator of the filamentous growth response pathway had increased tolerance to ... | 07/01/2010 |
