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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7745197 | Process for the utilization of ruminant animal methane emissions A process for the utilization of the methane produced by enteric fermentation, specifically to a process that utilizes methane produced by ruminant animals through enteric fermentation as a source of carbon and/or energy for the directed production of methane-based ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 6982161 | Process for the utilization of ruminant animal methane emissions A process for the utilization of the methane contained within ruminant animal exhalation, specifically to a process that utilizes the methane contained within ruminant animal exhalation as a source of carbon and/or energy for the production of methane-utilizing micr... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6727072 | EGF-r detection kit A kit containing the reagents necessary for the qualitative or quantitative demonstration of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections. A immunohistochemical staining procedure is employed which utilizes a primary m... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6689601 | High growth methanotropic bacterial strain A high growth methanotrophic bacterial strain capable of growth on a C1 carbon substrate has been isolated and characterized. The strain has the unique ability to utilize both methane and methanol as a sole carbon source and has been demonstrated to posse... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6399385 | Methods for rapid PEG-modification of viral vectors, compositions for enhanced gene transduction, compositions with enhanced physical stability, and uses therefor A rapid method for modifying a viral capsid or envelope protein with a polyethylene glycol (PEG) is described. Also provided are methods of delivering a molecule using the PEG-modified viruses of the invention. Compositions containing the PEG-modified vir... | 06/04/2002 |
| 5880273 | Platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase, and gene thereof This invention relates to an isolated and purified DNA encoding an amino acid sequence which comprises SEQ. ID. NO:3.... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5441887 | Rapid degradation of halogenated hydrocarbons by soluble methane monooxygenase A method is disclosed for degradation of a halogenated hydrocarbon compound such as trichloroethylene (TCE) which utilizes a soluble methane monooxygenase or a bacterium comprising the monooxygenase. Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b is a soluble methane mo... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5364789 | Microbial cleaner A microbial cleaner comprising at least one hydrocarbon-ingesting microbe strain and a biocatalyst transforms hydrocarbons into nontoxic substances. The biocatalyst includes a nonionic surfactant, a chlorine-absorbing salt, at least one microbe nutrient, ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5326703 | Method of degrading pollutants in soil A method and system for enhancing the motility of microorganisms by placing an effective amount of chlorinated hydrocarbons, preferably chlorinated alkenes, and most preferably trichloroethylene in spaced relation to the microbes so that the surprisingly ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5057221 | Aerobic biological dehalogenation reactor Methylotrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms are supported on a rigid substrate bed. Oxygen, such as from air, and a low-molecular-weight alkane, such as methane, flow through the bed. Organic compounds in contaminated water processing through the bed ... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5037551 | High-flow rate capacity aerobic biological dehalogenation reactor A method and apparatus are disclosed for dehalogenating and further biodegrading organic compounds, including halogenated organic compounds, present in an aqueous mixture, the mixture comprising the waste effluent produced in a continuous high flow rate b... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5013665 | Method for regenerating deactivated microorganisms The present invention relates a method for reactivating or regenerating the methane oxidizability of a methane-utilizing bacteria which have partly or wholly lost its methane oxidizability by culturing said methane-utilizing bacteria in a specified condit... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4981800 | Method for culturing microorganism A method for culturing microorganisms belonging to the genus Pseudomonas or the genus Escherichia and having tolerance to an organic solvent such as any one of hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, ketones and their derivatives or their mixture in a medium cont... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4863865 | Preservation by cold storage Material which contains water, or is accompanied by an aqueous phase, notably biological cells, cell components or cell aggregates, or differentiated biological tissue is preserved by dispersion in an oil medium and under-cooling the dispersion, preferabl... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4806482 | Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons The subject invention concerns a novel plasmid and its use in a microbial host to degrade a variety of organic compounds. Some of these compounds, such as ethylene dichloride, are undesirable waste products found in various dump sites. The invention also ... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4713343 | Biodegradation of halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons Contaminating amounts of certain halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons are degraded and removed from water such as drinking water and industrial waste water, by treatment of the water with a microorganism that is effective to metabolize gaseous hydrocarbons ... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4670255 | Hair tonic composition A hair tonic composition containing, as an effective ingredient, a product obtained from the interaction of a vegetable or animal fat or oil with a microorganism belonging to Staphylococcus capitis. This hair tonic composition can effectively prevent the ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4617274 | Biochemical conversions by yeast fermentation at high cell densities Novel yeasts are disclosed including Pichia pastoris NRRL Y-11430, yeasts having the characteristics of Pichia pastoris NRRL Y-11430, mutants of Pichia pastoris NRRL Y-11430, and strains derived therefrom. Also disclosed are methods of culturing the strai... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4375515 | Method for producing microbial cells and use thereof to produce oxidation products Disclosed are newly discovered and isolated methylotrophic microorganism strains and their natural and/or artificial mutants which grow well under aerobic conditions in a culture medium in the presence of methane as the major carbon and energy source. The... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4368267 | Epoxidation of lower -olefins A process is disclosed for the epoxidation of lower -olefins dienes or vinyl aromatic compounds by contacting said compounds, under aerobic conditions in the presence of microorganisms, genetically engineered organisms thereof or enzyme preparation... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4347319 | Microbiological epoxidation process A process is disclosed for the microbiological epoxidation of C2 -C4 n-alkenes, dienes and vinyl aromatic compounds by contacting, under aerobic conditions, in an aqueous medium containing microorganisms or enzyme preparations derive... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4268630 | Microbiological production of ketones from C3 -C6 alkanes A process is disclosed for the microbiological production of ketones from C3 -C6 alkanes by contacting C3 -C6 alkanes under aerobic conditions with resting microbial cells derived from a methylotrophic microorga... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4250259 | Microbiological production of ketones from C3 -C6 secondary alcohols A process is disclosed for the microbiological production of ketones from C3 -C6 secondary alcohols by contacting C3 -C6 secondary alcohols under aerobic conditions with resting microbial cells derived from a mi... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4241184 | Secondary alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme and use thereof Disclosed is a newly-discovered and isolated enzyme which is a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-linked C3 -C6 secondary alcohol-specific dehydrogenase. This enzyme, in the presence of oxygen and NAD, is capable of ... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4062727 | Process for manufacturing high density cell cultures A process for biosynthetically producing cells in a liquid fermentation media comprised of a carbon source, and a growth medium containing oxygen and other essential cell nutrients, to obtain a biomass for harvesting. The carbon source and each of the oth... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4042458 | Process for the production of micro-organisms A process for the production of micro-organisms in which a methane-utilizing strain of Methylococcus is grown under aerobic conditions in a liquid growth medium comprising methane in the presence of non-methane utilizing micro-organisms.... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4028182 | Microbiological synthesis of proteinaceous material employing normally gaseous hydrocarbon substrate and the products thereof A new process for cultivating selected cultures involves initially removing broth at a first rate from a fermentation and replacing it with supporting medium, the replacement rate thereafter being increased to remove cultures of lower growth rate than the... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4003790 | Nitrogen control in mixed culture production Use of urease positive micro-organisms to form ammonium-ions in a process for the culture of hydrocarbon-utilizing micro-organisms.... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3996105 | Mixed methane-utilizing cultures for production of micro-organisms A process for the production of micro-organisms in which a methane-utilising micro-organism is grown under aerobic conditions in the presence of (a) one or more methanol-utilising micro-organisms which is/are capable of metabolising methanol produced by t... | 12/07/1976 |
