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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5188945 | Recovery process for antibiotics LL-E19020 alpha and beta The invention provides an improved process for the isolation and purification of antibiotics designated LL-E19020 alpha and beta which are derived from the microorganism Streptomyces lydicus ssp. tanzanius NRRL 18036. The invention is a method of recovery... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5188960 | Bacillus thuringiensis isolate active against lepidopteran pests, and genes encoding novel lepidopteran-active toxins Novel Bacillus thuringiensis genes encoding toxins which are active against lepidopteran insects have been cloned from novel lepidopteran-active B. thuringiensis microbes. The DNA encoding the B. thuringiensis toxins can be used to transform various proka... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5187082 | Process for producing A83850 antibiotics New glycopeptide antibiotic A83850, comprising A83850A, and A83850B, is produced by Amycolatopsis albus strain NRRL 18532. A83850A and A83850B can be reduced to give new biologically active derivatives. The A83850 antibiotics have activity against Gram-po... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5183808 | Method for treating fungal infections with serine analogs of BU-3608 antibiotics Disclosed are antibiotics BU-3608 FA-1 and FA-2 and alkyl derivatives thereof. These compounds are useful as antifungal agents. BU-3608 FA-1 and FA-2 are produced from Actinomadura hibisca in a medium containing a source of D-serine.... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5182207 | Strains of Streptomyces thermoarchaensis Compounds as described having the partial formula ##STR1## These compounds may have a 5-OH or --OMe group and at the 25- position an isopropylene group substituted by methyl, ethyl or isopropyl. The compounds may be used in agriculture or medicine as anti... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5179012 | Process for the production and extraction of antioxidants from a micro-organism culture The process consists of culturing in a closed photobioreactor (2) microalgae suspended in a culture medium (1), the oxygen produced by the microalgae by photosynthesis being collected and then reinjected into the culture medium, separating (6) the microal... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5179014 | Process for the preparation of amides using microorganisms A process for the production of amides utilizing microorganisms is described, which comprises subjecting nitriles having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms to the action of a microorganism belonging to the genus Rhodococcus, and genus Arthrobacter or the genus Micr... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5179009 | Process for producing L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine and its diketopiperazine The present invention is directed to a process for producing L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine and/or L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine diketopiperazine comprising contacting and reacting a culture, cell or a cell-treated product of a microorganism capable of hydrolyzi... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5169777 | Composition of biologically pure cultures of Alcaligenes denitrificans denitrificans and a porous carrier useful for biodegradation The present invention is a process of degrading 1,4-dibenz-oxazepine with a icroorganism enzymatically capable of converting the 1,4-dibenz-oxazepine into at least o-nitrophenol which is further converted to catechol. The present invention is preferably ca... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5168055 | Fermentation and purification process for succinic acid A process for economically producing highly purified succinic acid comprises growing a succinate-producing microorganism on a low cost carbohydrate substrate; simultaneously neutralizing the fermentation broth and precipitating the succinate as calcium su... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5155042 | Bioremediation of chromium (VI) contaminated solid residues Chromium in solid waste residues may be immobilized by reduction of essentially all of the Cr(VI) to insoluble Cr(III). The Cr(VI) is separated from the solids by contacting with an acid to produce an aqueous solution having a pH of about 6.5 to 9.5, then... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5153134 | Fermentation of microorganisms having ice nucleation activity using a temperature change A method for the fermentation of microorganisms having a high level of ice nucleating activity is disclosed. A high productivity in the fermentation is achieved by using a certain amount of nitrogen source during the growth phase and low temperature durin... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5151353 | Process of using bacteria that metabolize phenylacetate through mandelate Bacteria that metabolize phenylacetate along a mandelate-to-cis,cis-muconate pathway are disclosed. Bacteria that express the pathway for metabolizing phenylacetate through a mandelate intermediate can be isolated reproducibly by first selecting bacteria ... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5145779 | Process of biodegradation of high molecular weight polyethylene by aerobic lignolytic microorganisms Biodegradation of deradeable plastic polyethylene by lignin degrading microorganisms.... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5143833 | Process for the production of succinic acid by anaerobic fermentation A method of producing succinic acid comprises growing a succinate producing microorganism in medium containing sodium ions an assimilable carbohydrate, other required nutrients and dissolved carbon dioxide at pH of about 5.8 to about 6.4. The succinic aci... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143827 | Process for biotechnological upgrading of shale oil A process for biotechnological upgrading of shale oil in selectively removing damaging nitrogen-containing compounds comprising treating the raw shale oil with special microbial cultures having specific ability to degrade the harmful nitrogen-containing c... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143846 | Protease deficient bacterial hosts E. coli mutants which are capable of expressing cloned proteins in a highly stable manner are described.... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143834 | Process for the production and purification of succinic acid A process for producing and purifying succinic acid comprises growing a succinate salt-producing microorganism on an inexpensive substrate containing carbohydrate, other nutrients, sodium ions and tryptophan under a CO2 partial pressure until m... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5137815 | Production of microorganisms having ice nucleating activity A method for the fermentation of microorganisms having a high level of ice nucleating activity is disclosed. The method includes the step of adding acid to the fermentation medium when the pH approaches about 6.7 and adding base when the pH approaches abo... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5132228 | Biologically pure culture NRRL-B18737 useful in a method for biodegrading and biotransforming bisphenol alkanes, and bisphenol alkyl alcohols made therefrom A gram-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium which is closely related to Chryseomonas luteola and Flavimonas oryzihabitans, has been found to catalyze the biodegradation and biotransformation of bisphenol alkanes, such as 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5128262 | Microbial decontamination of soils contaminated with hydrocarbons, in particular mineral oils by microbial oxidation The microbial decontamination of soils contaminated with hydrocarbons, in particular with mineral oils, by microbial oxidation is improved by a process in which in addition to supplying the oxygen necessary for degradation, by aeration, soluble nutrients,... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5128130 | Hybrid Bacillus thuringiensis gene, plasmid and transformed Pseudomonas fluorescens A novel hybrid B.t. toxin gene toxic to lepidopteran insects has been cloned. The DNA encoding the B.t. toxin can be used to transform various prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes to express the B.t. toxin. These recombinant microbes can be used to control... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5126133 | Bacillus thuringiensis isolate active against lepidopteran pests, and genes encoding novel lepidopteran-active toxins Novel Bacillus thuringiensis genes encoding toxins which are active against lepidopteran insects have been cloned from novel lepidopteran-active B. thuringiensis microbes. The DNA encoding the B. thuringiensis toxins can be used to transform various proka... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5114857 | Actinomadura hibisca microorganism useful for preparing serine analogs of BU-3608 antibiotics Disclosed are antibiotics BU-3608 FA-1 and FA-2 and alkyl derivatives thereof. These compounds are useful as antifungal agents. BU-3608 FA-1 and FA-2 are produced from Actinomadura hibisca in a medium containing a source of D-serine.... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5110908 | Haemophilus influenzae peptides and proteins Peptides and proteins related to an epitope comprising an outer membrane protein of Haemophilus influenzae are described. The peptides and proteins can be prepared by methods including novel and improved methods of puiification from H. influenzae cultures... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5108912 | Antitumor antibiotics (LL-E33288 complex) Antibacterial and antitumor agents designated LL-E33288 complex and their production by new strains of Micromonospora echinospora spp. calichensis NRRL-15839, NRRL-15975 and NRRL-18149, are disclosed.... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5108911 | Process for preparing bovine interleukin-Iଲ A process for preparing bovine interleukin Iଲ (bIL-1ଲ) by culturing a microbial host transformed by a vector containing a DNA sequence encoding bIL-1ଲ under conditions suitable for the expression of bIL-1ଲ and recovering bIL-1 ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5109122 | Antibiotics, dexylosylbenanomicin B Two new antibiotics which are now nominated as benanomicin A and benanomicin B, respectively, are fermentatively produced by the cultivation of a new microorganism, designated as MH193-16F4 strain, of Actinomycetes. Benanomicins A and B each show antifung... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5106736 | Enzymatic process for enantiomer-specific perparation of mercapto alkanoic acid compounds An enzymatic process for the enantiomer-specific preparation of mercapto alkanoic acids by stereoselective hydrolysis of mercapto or thioester alkanoic acid esters.... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5093253 | Method for microbial immobilization by entrapment in gellan gum Microbial cells are immobilized by entrapment in gellan gum, also known as deacetylated heteropolysaccharide S-60. Entrapment can be carried out by forming a mixture of a paste of microbial cells and an aqueous solution of gellan gum and adding the mixtur... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5085984 | Novel type VI bacterial Fc receptors Novel Fc receptors, denoted type VI, are disclosed as reacting with rat immunoglobulins with a reasonable affinity. These receptors, or the microorganisms which produce them, are useful in immunoassays.... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5077208 | Microbial removal of nox from gases Disclosed is a process by which a gas containing nitric oxide is contacted with an anaerobic microbial culture of denitrifying bacteria to effect the chemical reduction of the nitric oxide to elemental nitrogen. The process is particularly suited to the r... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5071755 | Biodegradation of aliphatic chloroethylene compounds A method of degrading halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons is disclosed comprising incubating microorganisms capable of degrading halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons by an aromatic degradative pathway together with the halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons unde... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070017 | Method for biodegrading bisphenol alkanes A gram-negative aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium which is closely related to Chryseomonas luteola and Flavimonas oryzihabitans, has been found to catalyze the biodegradation and biotransformation of bisphenol alkanes, such as 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5066585 | Method of inhibiting fungus using novel antifungal compounds A new species of Micromonospora, in particular Micromonospora spartanea ATCC 53803, is described. The species produces antifungal compounds spartanamicins A and B. Methods for the production, isolation and characterization of the compounds are described. ... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5066588 | Streptococcus Lactis containing plasmids encoding for mucoidness and method for identifying such strains A lactose-fermenting (Lac+), mucoid (Muc+) Streptococcus lactis transconjugant designated ML-3/2.230 was obtained by conjugative co-transfer of Lac+ Muc+ phenotypes from Lac+ Muc+ Streptoco... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5061624 | Serine analogs of BU-3608 antibiotics Disclosed are antibiotics BU-3608 FA-1 and FA-2 and alkyl derivatives thereof. These compounds are useful as antifungal agents. BU-3608 FA-1 and FA-2 are produced from Actinomadura hibisca in a medium containing a source of D-serine.... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5059536 | Mutant strains of azotobacter vinelandii used for the hyperproduction of poly-ଲ-hydroxybutyrate during exponential growth A mutant strain of Azotobacter vinelandii exhibits hyper-production of poly-ଲ-hydroxybutyrate during its growth.... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5049499 | Process for biotechnological upgrading of shale oil A process for biotechnological upgrading of shale oil in selectively removing damaging nitrogen-containing compounds comprising treating the raw shale oil with special microbial cultures having specific ability to degrade the harmful nitrogen-containing c... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5047332 | Integrated process for the production of food, feed and fuel from biomass A feedstock containing a biomass such as lignocellulosic materials, e.g. forest biomass; agricultural residues; or manures, is pretreated and thereafter is fractionated into cellulose, lignin and hemicelluloses. New mutants are disclosed which include Cha... | 09/10/1991 |
