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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7790435 | Chemical induction in quiescence in bacteria Quiescence is induced in cells using indole compounds. Expression continues from extra-chromosomal vectors within the cells during quiescence, while chromosomal expression is suppressed. The cells may be used as factories for the production of large amounts of polyp... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7704722 | High density growth of T7 expression strains with auto-induction option Methods for promoting and suppressing auto-induction of transcription of cloned DNA in cultures of T7 expression strains are disclosed. ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7604978 | Inhibition of biofilm formation The present invention relates to compositions and methods for reducing or inhibiting biofilm comprising modulating expression of a cysB gene in a cell. The invention also provides methods for modulating the expression of a cysB, cysD, cysI, cysJ, cysK, and ybiK. The... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7560264 | High density growth of T7 expression strains with auto-induction option Disclosed is a method for promoting auto-induction of transcription of cloned DNA in cultures of bacterial cells grown batchwise, the transcription being under the control of a promoter whose activity can be induced by an exogenous inducer whose ability to induce sa... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7476529 | Altering metabolism in biological processes Compositions of peptides and surface-active agents are described, as are methods of making and using such compositions. The compositions are capable of affecting metabolic rates in biological systems, and to accelerate nutrient uptake without a concomitant increase ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7440160 | Electro-optical light modulating element, electro-optical display and modulating medium The invention relates to electrooptical light modulating elements, to electrooptical displays containing elements of this type, and to display systems, e.g. television screens and computer monitors, and to the modulating media used therein. The inventive light modul... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435578 | Device and methods for monitoring the status of at least one cell A device and methods for monitoring status of at least one cell, wherein the cell has a membrane forming a substantially enclosed structure and defining an intracellular space therein. In one embodiment of the present invention, the device includes a first substrate... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7396672 | Method for the production of dinoflagellate cultures A method for selectively enhancing the growth of the population of a dinoflagellate comprises incubating a medium containing at least one dinoflagellate cell in the presence of mimosine or a toxic degradative product thereof is provided as well as isolates and cultu... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7354733 | Method for sorting and separating living cells We disclose methods of sorting or separating mixtures of living cells (e.g., eukaryotic, prokaryotic, mammalian, pathogenic, bacterial, viral, etc.). We perform our methods by activating cell-selective photophoric labels, which photosensitize and chemically reduce a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7332088 | Method of water purification The invention provides a method for the removal of biological species, such as Cryptosporidium, from water using aluminium based media which contains surface Al—OH groups. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7319028 | Process for producing sporangia of , control agent, and controlling method The present invention provides a process for efficiently producing sporangia of Bacillus popilliae containing spores and parasporal bodies having controlling effects on Scarabaeidae insects, and a control agent and controlling method for Scarabaeida... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7291355 | Ferment activator based on lactic acid bacteria and method for preparing a dairy product using same The invention concerns a ferment activator based on lactic acid bacteria, characterised in that it comprises at least: a nitrogenous substance, a buffer system capable of maintaining the activity pH of the lactic acid bacteria with which said activator is to be asso... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279301 | Methods of determining deficiencies in intracellular levels on cysteine and glutathione The present invention provides a method for determining an antioxidant deficiency in a lymphocyte by determining the level of intracellular cysteine in the lymphocyte by measuring lymphocyte growth in a serum-free cell culture medium comprising cumene hydroperoxide ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264951 | Enhanced production of taxol and taxanes by cell cultures of species This invention provides methods whereby taxol, baccatin III, and other taxol-like compounds, or taxanes, can be produced in very high yield from all known Taxus species, e.g., brevifolia, canadensis, cuspidata, baccata, globosa, floridana, wallichiana, med... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7241589 | Method for preparation of androst-4-ene-3,17-dione and androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione The present invention relates to a method for preparation of androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (AD) and androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (ADD). More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for preparing AD/ADD, comprising the steps of: (a) heating sterols and em... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7229811 | 2,5-diketo-D-gluconic acid (2,5-DKG) permeases The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding polypeptides having 2,5-DKG permease activity, and oligonucleotides therefrom. The isolated nucleic acid molecules can be expressed in appropriate bacterial cells to enhance the production of 2-KLG, whi... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229795 | 2,5-DKG permeases The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding polypeptides having 2,5-DKG permease activity, and oligonucleotides therefrom. The isolated nucleic acid molecules can be expressed in appropriate bacterial cells to enhance the production of 2-KLG, whi... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214370 | Prebiotic and preservative uses of oil-emulsified probiotic encapsulations Probiotic compositions derived from Lactobacillus casei ATCC number PTA 3945 are disclosed. More specifically, probiotic compositions containing prebiotic compositions including edible oils are provided. The probiotic/prebiotic compositions disclosed herein a... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7179635 | Peptides for use in culture media The present invention provides peptides libraries which are useful for rapid identification of biologically active compounds. The invention further provides peptides which include cell-growth affecting peptides and peptides which enhance or inhibit production of cel... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7166290 | Methods for producing oocysts The present invention provides improved methods and compositions for producing oocysts. The oocysts produced according to the invention find use in the manufacture of vaccines. In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides methods and compositions for the... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156894 | Method for recovering metal values from concentrates of sulfide minerals A method of recovering precious metal values from refractory sulfide ores is provided. The method includes the steps of separating clays and fines from a crushed refractory sulfide ore, forming a heap from the refractory sulfide ore, producing a concentrate of refra... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7129217 | Aqueous acrylamide solution containing saccharide This invention provides an aqueous solution of acrylamide that is useful as a starting material for high-quality polyacrylamide. Starting materials for polyacrylamide are an aqueous solution of acrylamide containing a saccharide and an aqueous solution of acrylamide... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118884 | Method for controlling metallophosphate precipitation in high cell density fermentations The invention relates to the use of a phosphate glass as a phosphorus source in the media of high cell density bacterial fermentation processes in order to reduce metallophosphate precipitation reactions. The methods of the invention demonstrate a practical method f... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7094550 | Method to determine TGF-beta A method for treating or preventing cardiovascular pathologies by administering a compound of the formula (I): wherein Z is C═O or a covalent bond; Y is H or O(C1–C4)alkyl, R1 | 08/22/2006 |
| 7063969 | Yeast-based process for production of l-pac The invention provides a method of synthesis of a substituted or unsubstituted carbinol compound, comprising the steps of subjecting the corresponding substituted or unsubstituted aromatic aldehyde to acyloin condensation mediated by yeast in the presence of either ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7033824 | shuttle vectors The present invention relates, in general, to vectors comprising Ketogulonigenium replicons. More specifically, the present invention relates to vectors comprising a Ketogulonigenium replicon found on the endogenous plasmid contained in Deposit No. NRR... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018813 | Method for the production of bacterial toxins Methods and compositions are provided for the enhanced production of bacterial toxins in large-scale cultures. Specifically, methods and compositions for reducing bacterial toxin expression inhibitors are providing including, but not limited to, addition of toxin ex... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018838 | Substrates, devices, and methods for cellular assays The present invention relates to the field of molecular diagnostics, and in particular to diagnostics based on a liquid crystal assay format. In particular, the present invention provided improved substrates and methods of using liquid crystal assays for quantitatin... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011957 | Isolation and cultivation of microorganisms from natural environments and drug discovery based thereon The method of the invention is directed to the novel use of a diffusion chamber within which previously “uncultivatible” microorganisms can be isolated. Rather than attempting to replicate the natural environment of an unknown microorganism, the method of the in... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001758 | Microbial biodegradation of phosphonates A biodegradation process for the organophosphonate product of Sarin (O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate) hydrolysis, i.e., isopropylmethylphosphonate (IMPA). This process provides a feasible biodegradation demilitarization alternative to Sarin incineration. Publi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6991931 | Method for the use of polyhydroxyalkanoate levels to maintain bioreactor health A method has been developed to maintain the health of an activated sludge environment in a wastewater process comprising monitoring the levels of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) produced as an indicator of bioreactor health and regulating the concentration of feed nutri... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6977166 | Method of producing an oil including docosahexaenoic acid C. cohnii is cultured in a suitable growth medium with acetic acid/acetate as the main carbon source. The acetate is provided, and replenished, by adding acetic acid to the growth medium in response to an increase in pH resulting from the utilisation of aceti... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6955911 | Method of culturing microorganism In cultivating a microorganism having nitrile hydratase production ability, by allowing at least one of a ketose, such as fructose, and a sugar alcohol, such as mannitol, to be present, growth inhibition by cobalt ion is prevented, thereby achieving cultivation at a... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6951733 | Method for testing drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis A novel agar medium for the isolation, sub-cultivation, and indirect or direct drug-susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of isolating and growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis and methods of drug-re... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6946277 | Method for enhancing cellobiase activity of termitomyces clypeatus using a glycosylation inhibitor This invention provides a method for enhancing the cellobiase activity of the strain Termitimyces clypeatus using 2-deoxy-D-glucose as glycosylation inhibitor, said process comprises inoculating and growing mycelial culture of (the edible mushroom) Termiti... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939705 | Method of protecting La1 against stress A bacterial cell having protection against conditions which are lethal to an unprotected bacterial cell wherein, the protected cell is obtained by subjecting a bacterial cell to treatment with a sublethal level of stress. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6919197 | Materials and methods for the efficient production of Pasteuria The subject invention provides novel and advantageous methods for growing bacteria. The methods of the subject invention are particularly advantageous for growing parasitic bacteria, in vitro, without the presence of host tissue. In one embodiment of the subject inv... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6914034 | Adsorbents for removing heavy metals and methods for producing and using the same Adsorbents for removing anions of a heavy metals comprise a porous carbon in which at least one oxygen-containing compound of iron, copper, and/or aluminum is incorporated. The oxygen-containing compound may be incorporated into the porous carbon by impregnation or ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6893857 | Method for using hops acid for controlling microorganisms in a sugar-containing aqueous process medium The invention relates to a method for controlling microorganisms in a sugar-containing aqueous process medium, especially in the sugar industry, using hop bitter acid as active substance. The hop bitter acid is dissolved in an aqueous alkaline medium and added to th... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6872562 | Herbicide resistant dinitrogen fixing bacteria and method of use The present invention is directed to herbicide resistant N2 fixing bacteria. The bacteria are useful for effecting N2 fixation, nodulation, growth and yield of herbicide resistant or tolerant leguminous plants treated with herbicide. The bacter... | 03/29/2005 |
