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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6383799 | Process for producing, methods and compositions of glucuronoxylomannan as nutriceutical agent from higher basidiomycetes mushroom The present invention describes new and distinct strains of higher Basidiomycetes mushrooms grown in submerged cultures. Specifically, the new strain of species of the genus Tremella offer superior yields of one-cell biomass and exocellular heteropolysacc... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6384186 | Cyclic dodecapeptide and process for the preparation thereof The present invention relates to a novel organochemical compound, referred to as omphalotin for short, a process for its preparation by an essentially microbiological route and its use as microbicide and pesticide, preferably for controlling animal pests,... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6379945 | Gene switch The invention relates to an insect steroid receptor protein which is capable of acting as a gene switch which is responsive to a chemical inducer enabling external control of the gene.... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6379948 | Microbe SKB-1152 strain, and method of bleaching pulp therewith Pulp bleaching method using SKB-1152 strain which is a lignin-degrading strain having high lignin degrading activity and pulp bleaching activity, or the culture produced using the SKB-1152. When the SKB-1152 strain of this invention or the culture produce... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6379678 | Antigenic preparations The present invention relates to antigenic preparations comprising polysaccharides and/or glycopeptides preparable from keratinophilic fungi as well as yeasts, processes for the preparation of these antigenic preparations, their use as pharmaceutical subs... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6372964 | For higher basidiomycetes mushrooms grown as biomass in submerged culture The present invention describes new and distinct horticultural varieties of higher Basidiomycetes mushrooms grown in submerged culture. Specifically, the new varieties of species of the genus Pleurotus offer superior yields of mushroom cell biomass and gr... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6372462 | Process for producing, methods and compositions of cholesterol lowering agents from higher basidiomycetes mushrooms The present invention describes new and distinct strains of higher Basidiomycetes mushrooms, and a process for growing them in submerged culture. Specifically, the new strains of species of the genus Pleurotus offer superior yields of mushroom biomass and... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6372269 | Compositions for producing fermented malt beverages The present invention is directed to a method for stabilizing the flavor of a fermented malt beverage, most particularly a beer, by the addition of one or more inhibitors, blockers, reducing agents or binding agents that inactivate one or more Maillard re... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6367191 | Method of sawdust-based cultivation of shiitake (Cortinellus shiitake) and a cultivation water tank used for the method A method of sawdust-based cultivation of Shiitake (Cortinellus Shiitake) and a cultivation water tank used for the method in which a top portion of a cultivation bag which includes a cultivation bed (sawdust-based substrate) is cut to expose a top surface... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6365384 | Method for disposing waste A method for disposing waste such as agricultural waste, sludge, livestock excreta, food and residue, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of a mycelial carrier-support comprising 80-95% by weight of a porous carrier of 3-30 mesh in particle size i... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6355475 | Isolate of antrodia camphorata, process for producing a culture of the same and product obtained thereby The present invention relates a process for culturing isolates of Antrodia camphorata to provide a product useful in medical and nourishment fields. The present invention also relates to a novel isolate of Antrodia camphorata capable of growing in a suita... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6355462 | Disease resistance factor This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a berberine-bridge-forming enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the berberine-bridge-forming enzyme, in sense or antisen... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6342585 | Method of activating denatured protein The invention relates to a method for forming a mixed disulfide of recombinant proteins, by solubilizing with a denaturing agent in the presence of a disulphide component, and then adding a disulphide component plus a denaturing agent, at a concentration ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6337193 | Expression of manose-binding protein in methylotrophic yeast Expression of Mannose-Binding Protein in methylotrophic yeast strains is disclosed.... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6334274 | Method of sawdust-based cultivation shitake (Cortinellus shitake) A method of sawdust-based cultivation of Shiitake (Cortinellus Shiitake) in which a number of cultivated primordiums are decreased simply by elevating temporarily a temperature into a zone between 20 degree C. and 40 degree C. during/between a cultivation... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6335188 | Endophyte ergot alkaloid synthetic compounds, compounds which encode therefor and related methods The present invention provides, inter alia, dmaW nucleic acid sequences and the proteins for which they encode. Also provided are methods for the utilization of knockout mutants of the sequences which are useful for engineering ergot alkaloid-deficient fu... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6333448 | Plant enzyme and use thereof The present invention relates to a novel plant enzyme called delta 12 fatty acid acetylenase. This enzyme is responsible for the conversion of fatty acids to acetylenic acids and the invention relates to production of such acids. The invention also relate... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6333305 | Antibiotic TKR2999, process for the preparation thereof and microbe The antibiotic TKR2999 having the physicochemical properties described below and its pharmacologically acceptable salt: (1) FAB-MS m/z 971 [M+H)]+, (2) the molecular formula: C44 H78 N10 O14, and high-reso... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6329193 | Taxol production by a microbe Taxol is produced from taxol-producing micro-organisms. Methods of obtaining the taxol-producing microorganisms are described. Radioactive labelled taxol products and methods for use of the radioactive labelled taxol and for the treatment of leukemia and ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6329175 | Interferon-&3xb5; Interferons represent an important class of biopharmaceutical products, which have a proven track record in the treatment of a variety of medical conditions, including the treatment of certain autoimmune diseases, the treatment of particular cancers, and ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6326184 | Method of producing a composite fermented beverage using genetically modified yeast strains Method of preparing a composite yeast fermented beverage such as beer including lager, with predetermined content of flavour compounds, comprising combining separate batches of beverage, of which at least one is a base beverage produced with a yeast strai... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6326016 | Plant immunization compositions The present invention provides an agent for inducing resistance against phytophathogenic microorganisms in plants wherein the agent is an extract of biomass from non-plant-pathogenic microorganisms obtainable by the following process: a) resuspending 50 g... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6316695 | Isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase from Hevea brasiliensis and rubber producing method using the same The present invention cloned a cDNA clone encoding isopentenyl diphosphate (hereafter "IPP") isomerase (EC 5.3.3.2) from a cDNA library of Hevea brasiliensis latex. The clone has a continuous open reading frame encoding a peptide of 234 amino acids with a... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6313069 | Strain belonging to Exserohilum monoceras, and uses thereof The invention relates to a strain belonging to Exserohilum monoceras which shows the esterase zymogram pattern shown in FIG. 1, a weed-controlling agent containing the same, and a weed-controlling method using the same. The invention provides a novel stra... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6306635 | Fungal cellulases The present invention provides polypeptides with cellulase activity, corresponding DNA sequences, vectors, transformed hosts and a method for the production of these polypeptides, which are obtainable from Aspergillus niger var. niger or Aspergillus niger... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6300097 | Signal peptidase polypeptides of Staphylococcus aureus spsB polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding such spsB and a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such spsB for the treatment of infection, particularly bacterial infections... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6300065 | Yeast cell surface display of proteins and uses thereof The present invention provides a genetic method for tethering polypeptides to the yeast cell wall in a form accessible for binding to macromolecules. Combining this method with fluorescence-activated cell sorting provides a means of selecting proteins wit... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6294651 | Gene regulating aubeobasidin sensitivity The invention is directed to isolated DNAs having nucleic acid sequences which encode proteins which regulate aureobasidin sensitivity. Also disclosed are recombinant plasmids containing the DNAs, transformants containing the plasmids, and methods of prod... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6290950 | Mycosis vaccines The present invention pertains to vaccines comprising homogenised inactivated yeast blastospores and homogenised inactivated dermatophyte microconidia or antigenic material of said spores, methods for their production and their use for the prophylaxis and... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6287800 | Production of high titers of gibberellins, GA4 and GA7, by Gibberella fujikuroi strain LTB-1027 A new method of producing a mixture of gibberellins which is predominantly GA4 and GA7 but also contains GA3 has the steps of providing a seed of Gibberella fujikuroi Strain LTB-1027 or mutants derived therefrom, inoculati... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6287830 | Fermentation process for preparing erythritol by a high salt tolerant mutant of Candida sp. A fermentation process for preparing a high yield erythritol using a salt tolerant mutant of Candida sp. [Candida magnoliae SR101:KCCM-10160]. More specifically, the present invention relates to a process for preparing erytlritol under optimal fermentatio... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6287847 | Biodegradation of metal cyanides An iron cyanide complex is biodegraded by growing a fungus selected from Fusarium solani, Trichoderma polysporum, Penicillium miczynski, Fusarium oxysporum, and Scytalidium thermophilum in a medium containing the iron cyanide complex.... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6280723 | Methods and materials for control of termites The subject invention provides for a method for controlling termites by contacting the termites with a composition comprising Beuveria bassiana No. 447 (ATCC 20872).... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6277371 | Biological control of Varroa mites in honeybee hives with Hirsutella thompsonii The present invention includes the method of treating an infestation of Varroa mites in a honeybee colony including the steps of: (a) mixing a culture of Hirsutella Thompsonii fungus with a spreadable carrier media so as to form a carrier suspension; and,... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6271009 | Control of fruit ripening and senescence in plants Hapten and antigen designed for eliciting catalytic antibodies effective in inhibiting the ethylene production pathway in plants by deactivating a precursor thereof either by decomposition or derivatization. Catalytic antibodies effective in inhibiting th... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6271007 | Yeast strains for the production of xylitol The invention relates to novel yeast strains having a reduced ability to metabolize xylitol. The invention further relates to the use of said strains for the production of xylitol.... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6271003 | Method for identifying cordyceps sinenis The present invention is drawn to a method for identifying Cordyceps sinensis, by amplifying a specimen's 18S rRNA polymorphism by PCR using primer pair NS3 and NS6; digesting the PCR product with restriction enzyme Cfo I; and identifying a genuine Cordyc... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6268203 | Biological control of purple loosestrife The present invention provides a novel isolated and purified strain of Sphaeropsis sp. It further provides a mycoherbicidal composition that is effective in controlling purple loosestrife, and methods for controlling purple loosestrife.... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6268202 | Strains of coniothyrium minitans having ଲ-glucanase activity Strains of the aerobic mycoparasitic fungus Coniothyrium minitans having high levels of ଲ-glucanase activity have been obtained. Preferred strains have been deposited at the American Type Culture Collection under accession numbers 74415, 74416, 7441... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6265635 | DNA sequences coding for enzymes capable of facilitating the synthesis of linear -1,4 glucans in plants, fungi and microorganisms The invention relates to DNA sequences coding for proteins having the enzymatic activity of an amylosucrase which allows the synthesis of linear -1,4 glucans from the substrate sucrose by bacteria, fungi and plants or in cell-free systems. The inve... | 07/24/2001 |
