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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7670830 | spp strains with high capacity of fungus biological control and selection process thereof by molecular markers Trichoderma spp. strains with high capacity for fungus biological control in wide ranges of temperature and pH are described, such strains being compatible with each other. Likewise, a process of selection of such strains through molecular markers is describe... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7425450 | Regulatable growth of filamentous fungi The present invention generally relates to hyphal growth in fungi and in particular describes the modulation of genes associated with hyphal growth in filamentous fungi. The present invention provides methods and systems for the production of proteins and/or chemica... | 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 |
| 7413879 | glucoamylase and homologs thereof The present invention is related to glucoamylases having at least 80% sequence identity to a Trichoderma glucoamylase having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and biologically functional fragments thereof. The invention is also related to DNA sequences coding for ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413887 | glucoamylase and homologs thereof The present invention is related to glucoamylases having at least 80% sequence identity to a Trichoderma glucoamylase having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and biologically functional fragments thereof. The invention is also related to DNA sequences coding for ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413882 | Methods for degrading or converting plant cell wall polysaccharides The present invention relates to methods for converting plant cell wall polysaccharides into one or more products, comprising: treating the plant cell wall polysaccharides with an effective amount of a spent whole fermentation broth of a recombinant microorganism, w... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7393671 | Mutant carotenoid ketolases CrtW carotenoid ketolases are provided that are useful for the production of astaxanthin and other cyclic ketocarotenoids. The mutant ketolase genes of the present invention encode polypeptides characterized by an improvement in astaxanthin synthesis activity when c... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7354752 | Acid-stable alpha amylases having granular starch hydrolyzing activity and enzyme compositions The present invention relates to an acid-stable alpha amylase (asAA) derived from a strain of Aspergillus kawachi, which has granular starch hydrolyzing (GSH) activity, the heterologous expression of the asAA having GSH activity in filamentous fungal host cel... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351573 | BGL3 beta-glucosidase and nucleic acids encoding the same The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl3, and the corresponding BGL3 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL3, recombinant ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335501 | Phytases and methods for producing these phytases The present invention relates to novel phytases, in particular, of fungal origin, and also to their respective methods of production. The present invention relates more particularly to novel phytases derived from fungi of the Penicillium genus, in particular ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335503 | Expression of granular starch hydrolyzing enzyme in The present invention relates to filamentous fungal host cells and particularly Trichoderma host cells useful for the production of heterologous granular starch hydrolyzing enzymes having glucoamylase activity. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332319 | Heterologous alpha amylase expression in The present invention relates to the co-expression and production of a heterologous alpha amylase and an endogenous glucoamylase in an Aspergillus strain and enzyme compositions including the same. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7291493 | Microbially expressed xylanases and their use as feed additives and other uses The present invention relates to codon-optimized xylanase coding sequences and the expression of xylanases in microbes and yeast. The invention further relates to using multiple copies of the xylanase expression construct for high levels of protein expression. The i... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7262041 | Expression of granular starch hydrolyzing enzyme in The present invention relates to filamentous fungal host cells and particularly Trichoderma host cells useful for the production of heterologous granular starch hydrolyzing enzymes having glucoamylase activity. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7235246 | Dermatomycosis vaccine The present invention relates to the preparation of universal inactivated vaccines and their use in preparing compositions for the prophylaxis and therapy of dermatomycosis. Vaccines according to the present invention have the advantage of conferring immunity agains... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7198938 | Morphological mutants of filamentous fungi The present invention relates to methods of obtaining a mutant cell from a filamentous fungal parent cell, comprising: (a) obtaining mutant cells of the parent cell; (b) identifying the mutant cell which exhibits a more restricted colonial phenotype and/or a more ex... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7163819 | Bacterial hemoglobin genes and their use to increase carotenoid production Genes encoding bacterial oxygen binding proteins are provided. Recombinant expression of at least one of the present bacterial hemoglobin genes increased the growth characteristics and/or carotenoid production levels in microbial host cells grown under microaerobic ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7091031 | Carotenoid hydroxylase enzymes A novel CrtZ carotenoid hydroxylase, isolated from Brevundimonas vesicularis DC263, is provided that is useful for the production of hydroxylated carotenoids. Additionally, a previously identified hypothetical protein from Novosphingobium aromaticivorans | 08/15/2006 |
| 7070970 | Elongase genes and uses thereof The subject invention relates to the identification of four genes involved in the elongation of polyunsaturated acids (i.e., “elongases”) and to uses thereof. Two of these genes are also involved in the elongation of monounsaturated fatty acids. In particular, e... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070984 | Biological control of soil-born fungal pathogens This invention relates generally to biological control of plant disease. The invention discloses an antagonistic Trichoderma fungal strain that targets soil-born fungi from the genus Fusaria and the genus Rhizoctonia. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070952 | Genes encoding carotenoid compounds Genes have been isolated from Pectobacterium cypripedii encoding geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) synthase (CrtE), phytoene synthase (CrtB), phytoene desaturase (Crtl), lycopene cyclase (CrtY), β-carotene hydroxylase (CrtZ), and zeaxanthin glucosyl transf... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056721 | EGVI endoglucanase and nucleic acids encoding the same The present invention provides a novel endoglucanase nucleic acid sequence, designated egl6, and the corresponding EGVI amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding EGVI, recombinant E... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7045331 | EGVII endoglucanase and nucleic acids encoding the same The present invention provides a novel endoglucanase nucleic acid sequence, designated egl7, and the corresponding EGVII amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding EGVII, recombinant... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7022508 | Saponin-digesting enzymes, genes thereof and soyasapogenol B mass production system The present invention provides a protein having saponin-decomposing activity, more specifically a protein which can decompose a glycoside having soyasapogenol B as an aglycone to produce soyasapogenol B, a polynucleotide encoding such a protein, and a method of prod... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6967246 | Microbial swollenin protein, DNA sequences encoding such swollenins and method of producing such swollenins A novel microbial protein is described which appears to have significant homology to plant expansin proteins and has the ability to weaken filter paper and swell cellulose. A DNA is described which encodes the novel protein. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6939704 | Enhanced expression of proteins in genetically modified fungi The present invention relates to increasing the production of a protein of interest from a fugal host. The invention discloses nucleotide sequences comprising, a regulatory region in operative association with xylanase secretion sequence and a gene of interest. The ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6929928 | Genes encoding carotenoid compounds A unique carotenogenic biosynthetic gene cluster has been isolated from Panteoa agglomerans strain DC404, wherein the genetic organization of the cluster is crtE-idi-crtY-crtI-crtB-crtZ. The genes contained within this cluster encode geranylgeranyl pyrophosph... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6905853 | Phenol oxidizing enzyme variants The present invention provides variants of precursor phenol oxidizing enzymes. The precursor enzymes can be, for example, naturally-occurring or recombinant phenol oxidizing enzymes. The variant enzymes, in general, are obtained by modification of a precursor DNA se... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6872399 | Dermatomycosis vaccine The present invention relates to the preparation of universal inactivated vaccines and their use in preparing compositions for the prophylaxis and therapy of dermatomycosis. Vaccines according to the present invention have the advantage of conferring immunity agains... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6677145 | Elongase genes and uses thereof The subject invention relates to the identification of several genes involved in the elongation of polyunsaturated acids (i.e., "elongases") and to uses thereof. At least two of these genes are also involved in the elongation of monounsaturated fatty acid... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6635464 | Xylanases, genes encoding them, and uses thereof DNA encoding novel xylanases, vectors containing such DNA, hosts transformed with such DNA, enzyme preparations, and the use of such preparations are described.... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6555335 | Xylanase from Trichoderma reesei , method for production thereof, and methods employing this enzyme The present invention is directed to novel xylanases (referred to as XYL-IV) and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those xylanases. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells including those nucleic acid sequences, antibodies which bind to the xylan... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6511837 | Lipolytic enzymes The present invention relates to lipolytic enzymes and DNA sequences encoding same. More specifically, the present invention relates to the lipolytic enzyme and DNA encoding same isolated from Fusarium culmorum CBS 513.94 and analogues thereof.... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6506593 | Production and secretion of proteins of bacterial origin in filamentous fungi The production of thermostable xylanses having bacterial origin is described. These compositions are useful for modifying plant biomass and for enzyme-aided bleaching of wood pulp.... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6500644 | Method for in vivo production of a mutant library in cells A method for in vivo production of a library in cells comprising a multitude of mutated genetic elements, wherein an error-prone polymerase is used in each ancestral cell to replicate all or a part of a genetic element independently of the host chromosoma... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6475772 | Strain of Trichoderma harzianum useful as nematode inhibitor, fungicide and plant growth promoter and a process for the isolation thereof A strain of Trichoderma harzianum is obtained that is useful as a nematode inhibitor, fungicide and plant growth promoter. The strain has ATCC accession number PTA-3701. The strain is isolated by treating Trichoderma harzianum isolated from experimental f... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6471741 | Liquid soil enrichment microbial compositions Shelf-stable soil enrichment solutions contain beneficial soil and plant microbial spores or colonies, e.g. Bacillus bacteria and/or Trichoderma fungal species, that remain at least about 90% viable for at least 12, preferably 18, months at room temperatu... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6436643 | Process for site-directed integration of multiple copies of a gene in a mould A process for site-directed integration of multiple copies of a gene in a mould is provided, which comprises transforming a mould cell containing in its chromosomal DNA a restriction site for a rare-cutting endonuclease, e.g., I-Scel, preferably introduce... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6432672 | Gene conversion as a tool for the construction of recombinant industrial filamentous fungi The present invention relates to filamentous fungi that comprise in their genomes at least two substantially homologous DNA domains which are suitable for integration of one or more copies of a recombinant DNA molecule and wherein at least two of these DN... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6387652 | Method of identifying and quantifying specific fungi and bacteria Fungi and bacteria can be detected and rapidly quantified by using the nucleotide sequences taught here that are specific to the particular species or group of species of fungi or bacteria. Use of the sequences can be made with fluorescent labeled probes,... | 05/14/2002 |
