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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8084244 | Hybrid mushroom strain J9277 and its descendants A novel hybrid fungus culture, designated J9277, of the mushroom species Agaricus bisporus produces crops of mushrooms having white, rounded, thick-fleshed caps and proportionally long stems in a relatively short interval of time. Diverse additional strains c... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8053223 | Biocontrol of mites A biopesticide formulation using isolates of the fungus Beauveria bassiana has been developed, which can be used to control arachnid infestations of honeybee hives. The formulation is particularly useful for controlling infestations of Varroa destructor | 11/08/2011 |
| 8017374 | Processes for decolorization of colored effluents The present invention relates to a novel process for decolorization of colored effluents. More particularly it relates to a process for decolorization of colored effluents of textile mills, dye-making industries, paper and pulp industries and molasses spent wash fro... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8008060 | Method for growing on a substrate Two different strains of Cordyceps sinensis are placed at two different locations in a medium containing purified rattle snake venom and the two strains are allowed to grow until they meet in a boundary zone where a hybrid strain is formed due to exchange of ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7981660 | Methods for producing modified glycoproteins Cell lines having genetically modified glycosylation pathways that allow them to carry out a sequence of enzymatic reactions, which mimic the processing of glycoproteins in humans, have been developed. Recombinant proteins expressed in these engineered hosts yield g... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7906313 | Curvularia strains and their use to confer stress tolerance and/or growth enhancement in plants The present invention is directed to methods and compositions of endophytic fungi that confer stress tolerance in inoculated plants, including both monocots and dicots. In particular, Curvularia species, isolated from a host grass Dichanthelium languinosum... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901927 | Transfer and incorporation of heritable symbiotic fungi into non-host plants A first plant species or a part thereof may be produced which has stably and heritably integrated therein one or more endophytic fungi which are derived from a second, different plant species. This first plant species is not a host plant for the endophytic fungi in ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7892813 | Fungal endophytes of The invention provides an isolated culture of a Neotyphodium endophyte of an Elymus canadensis host plant, wherein the endophyte reproduces asexually and enhances the agronomic characteristics of the host plant. Methods for inoculating the host plant w... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892812 | cellulase and methods of use A computer-based method and apparatus for the analysis specification and support of work processes. The system is designed to support multiple interdependent decisions, at least some of which require collaboration among multiple participants (116). Work proce... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7846712 | L-arabinose fermenting yeast An L-arabinose utilizing yeast strain is provided for the production of ethanol by introducing and expressing bacterial araA, araB and araD genes. L-arabinose transporters are also introduced into the yeast to enhance the uptake of arabinose. The yeast carries addit... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7795002 | Production of galactosylated glycoproteins in lower eukaryotes The present invention provides a novel lower eukaryotic host cell producing human-like glycoproteins characterized as having a terminal β-galactose residue and essentially lacking fucose and sialic acid residues. The present invention also provides a method for cat... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7736885 | Method for production of arachidonic acid The present invention relates to a process for producing arachidonic acid. In one embodiment, Mortierella sect. schmuckeri microorganisms are cultured in fermentation medium, preferably containing a component of a complex nitrogen source. Further discl... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7736884 | Metabolically engineered cells for the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids The present invention relates to the construction and engineering of cells, more particularly microorganisms for producing PUFAs with four or more double bonds from non-fatty acid substrates through heterologous expression of an oxygen requiring pathway. The ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7718416 | Fungal-derived formulations and associated methods Methods for stimulating in-vitro paecilomyces hepiali or hirsutella sinensis growth, and nutritional supplement formulations containing such fungal strains are disclosed and described. In some embodiments, such a method may include providing a an effec... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7691621 | Gene inactivated mutants with altered protein production A recombinant filamentous fungal cell (e.g. Aspergillus) having one or more inactivated chromosomal genes is provided. The chromosomal genes in some embodiments correspond to derA, derB, htmA, mnn9, mnn10, ochA, dpp4, dpp5, pepAa, pepAb, pepAc, pepAd, pepF an... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7666657 | Method for production of arachidonic acid The present invention relates to a process for producing arachidonic acid. In one embodiment, Mortierella sect. schmuckeri microorganisms are cultured in fermentation medium, preferably containing a component of a complex nitrogen source. Further discl... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7629163 | Methods for producing modified glycoproteins Cell lines having genetically modified glycosylation pathways that allow them to carry out a sequence of enzymatic reactions, which mimic the processing of glycoproteins in humans, have been developed. Recombinant proteins expressed in these engineered hosts yield g... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7585660 | Grass endophytes The present invention relates to a combination of a Neotyphodium species endophyte or endophyte culture in a symbiotic association with a host grass which association does not cause symptoms of toxicosis in animals through exclusion of ergovaline but, due to ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7585661 | Process for producing herbicides from a fungus f.sp. lantanae A process for producing herbicides from a fungus Alternaria alteranata f.sp. lantanae deposited as a pure culture as MTCC 5432 and ITCC-4896, comprising culturing the fungus in a liquid broth; subjecting the broth to the step of filtration to separate the bro... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7531346 | Decolorized yeast cell wall fraction The yeast cell wall fraction comprising cell residues obtained by removing internal soluble components from enzyme-treated yeast, or cell residues obtained by treating the cell residues with acid solution and removing the acid solution-soluble components. By decolor... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7517682 | Basidiomycetes, Basidiomycetes extract composition, health foods, and immunopotentiators Basidiomycetes which is a novel mushroom having an excellent immunopotentiating action, etc., a Basidiomycetes extract composition, and health foods and immunopotentiators using the Basidiomycetes extract composition are provided. Basidiomycetes has no basidi... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7442541 | β-glucan-containing fat and oil composition and novel microorganism capable of producing β-glucan A β-glucan-containing fat and oil composition contains β-glucan of microorganism origin or basidiomycete origin. The β-glucan-containing fat and oil composition has β-glucan uniformly dispersed in a food without worsening the texture, taste etc. of the food. The... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435411 | genus microorganism and microbial insecticide for controlling the soil pests containing the same The present invention relates to a paecilomyces genus microorganism and microbial insecticide for controlling the soil pests using the same, more particularly to a paecilomyces genus microorganism having insecticidal activity to soil pests and a microb... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427484 | Global regulator of secondary metabolite biosynthesis and methods of use The invention provides polypeptides and nucleic acids which identify and encode LaeA, a regulator of fungal secondary metabolite production which exhibits global control over secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters. The invention further provides expression ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425440 | Culture flask A culture flask 10 comprises two or more internal chambers 18-21 defining a plurality of parallel surfaces of different sizes and means for fluid communication 24 between the chambers 18-20. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422873 | Mutant carotenoid ketolase CrtW carotenoid ketolases are provided useful for the production of astaxanthin. The ketolases genes of the present invention exhibit improved ketolase activity when converting cyclic hydroxylated carotenoid intermediates into astaxanthin. Recombinant expression of ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416880 | genus microorganism and the method for controlling the soil pests using the same The present invention relates to a novel fungus of Metarhizium genus and a method for controlling soil pests using the same, more particularly to a novel Metarhizium anisopliae HY-2 and a microbial insecticide comprising the same and a method for contr... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416881 | Yeast cells engineered to produce pheromone system protein surrogates, and uses therefor Yeast cells are engineered to express both a surrogate of a pheromone system protein (e.g., enzymes involved in maturation of α-factor, transporters of a-factor, pheromone receptors, etc.) and a potential peptide modulator of the surrogate, in such a manner that th... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410790 | Method for producing γ-glutamylcysteine The yeast which has γ-glutamylcysteine-producing ability and is auxotrophic for pantothenic acid is proliferated in a medium containing a sufficient amount of pantothenic acid, and then it is cultured in a medium containing a limited amount of pantothenic acid to i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410791 | Device containing cytophilic islands that adhere cells separated by cytophobic regions The invention provides a device for adhering cells in a specific and predetermined position, and associated methods. The device includes a plate defining a surface and a plurality of cytophilic islands that adhere cells, isolated by cytophobic regions to which cells... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407794 | Biological control of plant diseases The present invention relates to the use of Ulocladium oudemansii as a biological control agent. Processes and compositions for the biological control of Botrytis species using Ulocladium oudemansii are also provided. ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407795 | Method for growing on a substrate and novel method for hybridizing different strains of Two different strains of Cordyceps sinensis are placed at two different locations in a medium containing purified rattle snake venom and the two strains are allowed to grow until they meet in a boundary zone where a hybrid strain is formed due to exchange of ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404977 | Rennets The present invention describes an aspartic protease produced by a fungus from the class Eurotiomycetes, comprising the amino acid sequence of FDTGSSD or FDTGSSE. The present invention further provides a process for identifying new milk clotting enzymes comprising s... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402415 | Method for the production of glycerol by recombinant organisms Recombinant organisms are provided comprising genes encoding a glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and/or a glycerol-3-phosphatase activity useful for the production of glycerol from a variety of carbon substrates. The organisms further contain disruptions in the end... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7387875 | Methods for monitoring multiple gene expression The present invention relates to methods for monitoring differential expression of a plurality of genes in a first filamentous fungal cell relative to expression of the same genes in one or more second filamentous fungal cells using microarrays containing Trichod... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384629 | Biological control of nematodes with The present invention provides a novel isolated and purified fungus Hirsutella minnesotensis. The present invention also provides a pesticidal composition of an effective amount of an isolated and purified fungal strain of Hirsutella rhossiliensis or | 06/10/2008 |
| 7378268 | Endophytic camptothecin and camptothecinoid producing fungi and process of producing the same The present invention relates to a novel source of microorganism for production of Camptothecin and related camptothecinoids. The invention also discloses its isolation, screening for Camptothecin production, growth, fermentation requirements and chemical analysis o... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375205 | Elongase genes and uses thereof The subject invention relates to the identification of several genes involved in the elongation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (i.e., “elongases”) and to uses thereof. At least two of these genes are also involved in the elongation of monounsaturated fatty acids... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368262 | Promoter variants for expressing genes in a fungal cell The present invention relates to methods for producing a biological substance, comprising: (a) cultivating a fungal host cell in a medium conducive for the production of the biological substance, wherein the fungal host cell comprises a first nucleic acid sequence e... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368272 | Expression of proteolytic enzymes in koji mold in the presence of carbon sources The present invention refers to a koji mold capable of expressing proteolytic enzymes in the presence of a carbon source in at least the same amount as in the absence thereof. In particular, the present invention pertains to a mutation in the creA gene as a tool to ... | 05/06/2008 |
