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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316700 | Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7063955 | Method for production of asymmetric carotenoids Genes have been isolated from Rhodococcus and Deinococcus which encode a specific lycopene β-cyclase capable of converting acyclic carotenoids with at least one ψ-end group to the corresponding asymmetric carotenoid containing a single β-ionone ring... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6913911 | Transgenic microbial polyhydroxyalkanoate producers Transgenic microbial strains are provided which contain the genes required for PHA formation integrated on the chromosome. The strains are advantageous in PHA production processes, because (1) no plasmids need to be maintained, generally obviating the required use o... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6902917 | Process for recovery of organic acids from fermentration broths The present invention relates to a process for the recovery of an organic acid from a fermentation broth which comprises drying the fermentation broth to obtain a dried product, adding the dried product to a lower alcohol in the presence of an acid, and then removin... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6803217 | Process for the recovery of organic acids The present invention relates to a process for the recovery of an organic acid from a fermentation broth which comprises drying the fermentation broth to obtain a dried product, adding the dried product to a lower alcohol in the presence of an acid, and then removin... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6593116 | Transgenic microbial polyhydroxyalkanoate producers Transgenic microbial strains are provided which contain the genes required for PHA formation integrated on the chromosome. The strains are advantageous in PHA production processes, because (1) no plasmids need to be maintained, generally obviating the req... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6358715 | Production of ascorbic acid The present invention provides for the production of ASA from yeast capable of producing ASA from KLG. The present invention provides methods for the production of ASA as well as recombinant yeast capable of producing ASA from a carbon source.... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6207427 | Method for producing optically active compound The present invention provides a method for industrially advantageously producing (S)-4-hydroxy-2-ketoglutaric acid and for producing compounds which are formed by biosynthesis from the precursor (S)-4-hydroxy-2-ketoglutaric acid, for example, for produci... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5854032 | Biological production of humic acid and clean fuels from coal Coal is treated aerobically or anaerobically to produce humic acid, volatile fatty acids, lower alcohols, and/or methane using a consortium of bacteria designated Mic-1 or KSARC56. This process can also be used to convert aromatic compounds, such as pheno... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5670345 | Biological production of humic acid and clean fuels from coal Coal is treated aerobically or anaerobically to produce humic acid, volatile fatty acids, lower alcohols, and/or methane using a consortium of bacteria designated Mic-1 or KSARC56. This process can also be used to convert aromatic compounds, such as pheno... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5667995 | Process for the preparation of cyclic ketones We describe a bioorganic process for the preparation of cyclopentanone and cyclopentenone derivatives of formula ##STR1## by ଲ-oxidation of appropriate substrates, carried out by means of microorganisms. The process is useful for preparation of... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5667996 | Process for production of bacterial cells containing poly-3-hydroxy butyric acid Disclosed is a process for accumulating a poly-3-hydroxy butyric acid in bacterial cells by continuously fermenting a methanol-assimilating bacterium having a capability of producing a poly-3-hydroxy butyric acid, in a single fermentation vessel by using ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5607848 | Process for producing optically active 4-hydroxy-2-ketoglutaric acid using microorganisms The present invention provides a process for producing an optically active 4-hydroxy-2-ketoglutaric acid, by mixing glyoxylic acid, pyruvic acid and a microorganism to form the optically active 4-hydroxy-2-ketoglutaric acid in an aqueous medium.... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5508181 | Process for producing alpha-hydroxy acid or alpha-hydroxyamide by microorganisms A process for the production of -hydroxy acids or -hydroxyamides in which an -hydroxynitrile compound or a mixture consisting of an aldehyde and prussic acid, which corresponds to the nitrile compound, is allowed to undergo a microbia... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5344768 | Process for the preparation of pyrrolo-quinoline quinone Pyrrolo-quinoline quinone (PQQ) is microbiologically produced by culturing a bacterium in a medium containing methanol, methylamine or a mixture thereof as a carbon source and recovering PQQ from the culture medium. The bacteria are strains of Methylobact... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5326702 | Biological process for producing -hydroxyamide or -hydroxy acid A process for biologically producing an -hydroxyamide or an -hydroxy acid represented by formula (III) ##STR1## wherein R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5227296 | Enzymatic synthesis of isotopically labeled carbohydrates, nucleotides and citric acid intermediates The present invention relates to a general method of enzymatic synthesis of isotopically labeled carbohydrates, sugars and nucleosides. Labeled citric acid cycle intermediates, amino acids and ribose mononucleotides may be rapidly and conveniently synthes... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5004690 | Ascorbic acid intermediates and process enzymes A process for the preparation of 2-keto-L-gulonic acid (2-KLG) from 2,5-diketo-D-gluconic acid (2,5-DKG) using a DNA sequence encoding 2,5-DKG reductase. The 2-KLG is a precursor for the synthesis of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C).... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4968612 | Continuous fermentation process for aromatic hydrocarbon bioconversion This invention provides a continuous bioconversion process in which a non-growth toluene substrate is bio-oxidized by a specific microbe mutant strain to accumulated extracellular muconic acid at a bioreactor production rate of at least about 5 grams of m... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4923811 | Carrying out enzymatic oxidations A process for carrying out enzymatic oxidations is described.... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4783404 | L-aminoacid oxidase from yeasts of the genus cryptococcus, their preparation and use Yeasts of the genus cryptococcus, preferably of the species C. Laurentii, form, in the presence of aminoacids, an L-aminoacid oxidase which stereospecifically converts L-aminoacids and their derivatives into the corresponding -ketoacids. The immobi... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4758514 | Ascorbic acid intermediates and process enzymes 2-keto-L-gluonic acid (2-KLG) is prepared from 2,5-diketo-D-gluconic acid (2,5-DKG) using a microorganism containing the enzyme 2,5-DKG reductase produced by an expression plasmid encoding a gene for the enzyme. The product, 2-KLG is a precursor for the s... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4745061 | Novel d-aminoacid transaminase and its use A D-aminoacid transaminase which converts CPC with Ɗ-keto acids into Ɗ-ketoadipinyl-7-ACA can be isolated from Bacillus Licheniformis ATCC 9945. This transamination can be applied to other D-amino acids and can also be used for the preparation of D-amin... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4608338 | Process for bioconversion-product recovery This invention provides an improved bioconversion system in which a non-growth organic substrate is bio-oxidized to a carboxylic acid product, and the carboxylic acid product is recovered as a precipitate and the resultant fermentation broth is suitable f... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4564594 | Fermentation process for production of carboxylic acids An improved fermentation process for producing carboxylic acids, especially fumaric acid, is disclosed. The improvement comprises growing fungi of genus Rhizopus in the presence of an effective amount of at least one additive selected from the group consi... | 01/14/1986 |
| 3930946 | Yeasts A process for the preparation of a stable diploid of Candida lipolytica which comprises (a) in a first stage, separately cultivating two haploid strains of Candida lipolytica of opposed sign in a medium rich in assimilable carbon nutrient; (b) in a second... | 01/06/1976 |
