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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7141387 | Microorganism culture medium A microorganism culture medium comprising a derivative A′ of a chromogen A, and a chromogen B, where the chromogen A is a chromogen being oxidized to a colorant, and the chromogen B is a chromogen being reduced to a colorant. The derivative A′ acts as a substrat... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7109005 | Process for the simultaneous production of xylitol and ethanol Effective processes are provided for the production of xylitol and ethanol and other products from solutions derived from lignocellulose-containing material in biomass. The solutions can be hydrolyzed or partially hydrolyzed before being fermented with microbes. The... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7018828 | Microbial culture medium containing agar and iota carrageenan Media and kits are disclosed for use in processes requiring microbial culture. More specifically, the invention provides carrageenan-stabilized agar-based microbial culture media and kits constructed using the media. The media and kits of the invention may allow the... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6953672 | Screen for CDC7 inhibitors Disclosed is a yeast cell whose genetic complement includes an inactive allele of the yeast CDC7 gene, a first nucleic acid that encodes a mammalian Cdc7 protein, and a second nucleic acid that encodes a mammalian Dbf4 protein. The yeast cell is dependent on the mam... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6943005 | Cellophane agar medium, and method for observing a microbe A cellophane agar medium is made of a cellophane piece with groove portions on at least one surface thereof and a nutritious agar formed on the surface of the cellophane piece via the groove portions. Then, the cellophane agar medium is disposed under wet condition,... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6858212 | Water-soluble yeast extract produced by adding peroxide to growing yeast cells Provided is a process of and product resulting from adding a sub-lethal amount of a peroxide, or said peroxide in combination with sub-lethal ultra violet radiation, to a growing culture of a yeast; observing the change in absorbance of the culture at 256 nm as a me... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6846657 | Process for the simultaneous production of xylitol and ethanol The invention relates to a process for the simultaneous production of xylitol and ethanol from a hydrolyzed lignocellulose-containing material starting. The starting material is fermented with a yeast strain, the ethanol produced is recovered, a chromatographic sepa... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6638755 | Simple culture medium and method for preparation thereof A simple culture medium produced by impregnating a fibrous water-absorbent sheet with a suspension formed by suspending in an alcohol (a) an adhesive (0.01-0.4 wt. %) which is soluble in both water and alcohol, (b) a gelling agent which is soluble in wate... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6548288 | Method for producing high density antagonistic microbe base material and high density antagonistic microbes produced by the same The present invention discloses high density antagonistic microbe base materials and a method of producing the same, more particularly, a method for preparing high density antagonistic microbe base material comprising the steps of: inoculating a mixture o... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6468779 | Aqueous extract of legumes for growing agronomically beneficial microbes An aqueous extract of legumes is prepared for growing agronomically beneficial microorganisms. The extract is prepared by boiling a legume in water and removing solids. Preferably, 150 to 250 grams of legumes are boiled in about one liter of water for 15 ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6461857 | Producing water-soluble yeast extract by adding peroxide to growing yeast cells Provided is a process of and product resulting from adding a sub-lethal amount of a peroxide to a growing culture of yeast, observing the change in absorbance of the culture at 256 nm as a measure of the injury occurring to the yeast cells, and, upon reac... | 10/08/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6265203 | Microorganism culture material containing a water-soluble polymer layer and a porous matrix layer A culture material is formed containing a water-soluble polymer layer and a porous matrix layer arranged such that when water is applied to the surface of the matrix layer the water diffuses through the matrix layer to dissolve the water-soluble polymer l... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6172006 | Furyl-pyridone compounds, useful as fungicides and obtained from the fungus Cladobotryum The invention relates to biologically active novel compounds having formula (I) as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of preparing said compounds, fungicidal compositions comprising, as an active ingredient, these compounds, use of the compounds, ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6146857 | Method for producing glycogens for use in cosmetics by culturing yeast cells in two phases A process is provided for the production of glycogens or an extract rich in glycogens from yeast cells, and a cosmetic composition containing them. A given quantity of yeast cells, from a specific culture or recovered as residues of a fermentation process... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6059963 | Fat and oil removal installation An installation for the simultaneous separation and removal of fats and oils in waste water, which includes a treatment container chamber for receiving a liquid medium. Out of the treatment container chamber, through a bottom outlet, is an overflow pipe r... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5824537 | Processes for the in vitro culture, attenuation of the virulence and cloning of parasites of the genus babesia and their applications The present invention provides a process for the in vitro culture of parasites of the genus Babesia, processes for the in vitro attenuation of the virulence of these parasites, processes for the in vitro cloning of these parasites, attenuated parasites, c... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5736383 | Preparation of Pichia methanolica auxotrophic mutants Methods for preparing Pichia methanolica cells having auxotrophic mutations are disclosed. The methods comprise the steps of (a) exposing P. methanolica cells to mutagenizing conditions, (b) culturing the cells from step (a) in a rich medium to allow muta... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5723321 | Process for preparing D-lysine A process for preparing D-lysine using a microorganism which has the ability to asymmetrically degrade L-lysine in a reaction medium is disclosed. The process is performed by first bringing racemic lysine into contact with a culture or a treated culture o... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5712114 | Compositions for expression of proteins in host cells using a preprocollagen signal sequence Hybrid genes comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a preprocollagen signal sequence operatively linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a heterologous protein are disclosed. The hybrid genes are useful for secretion of heterologous proteins from host... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5593855 | Method of using yeast to recover phytin by precipitation from cornsteep liquor or light steep water A process for recovery of phytin with a higher purity comprises the steps of preparing LSW or CSL, inoculating a yeast into LSW or CSL, culturing the yeast therein to precipitate phytin and separating phytin by sedimentation. The method may comprise a fur... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5486368 | Production of a cultured yeast product from whey permeate, yeast cream and yeast centrate A modified cultured yeast product for human and animal consumption is produced by combining yeast cream and yeast centrate to produce a cream/centrate mixture, autolyzing the mixture, inactivating by heating the mixture and optionally drying. After autoly... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5362639 | Method to increase anaerobic fermentation rates There is disclosed a process for the fermentation by yeast of sugar to alcohol wherein a portion of the nutrient phosphate is provided by one or more condensed phosphates. It has been found that when condensed phosphates are employed as the nutrient sourc... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5324658 | Media for cell growth and method for making them Aqueous solutions of partial hydrolysates of algae, optionally labelled with stable isotopes, are used as growth media for cells.... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5081033 | Miniaturized yeast identification system Methods and compositions are disclosed for the rapid identification of fungal pathogens. In a preferred method, a sample of human body fluid is obtained and subjected to analysis comprising inoculating a nutritive medium, incubating said inoculum for such... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4764471 | Continuous bioreactor and process An improved bioreactor and process for continuously propagating microorganisms, such as yeast, wherein the culture medium is purified in contact with a spirally-wound ultrafiltration membrane and then passed through the outer surfaces of a tubular membran... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4678748 | Process for the production of immunobiological preparations applicable in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of Candida guilliermondii infections The invention relates to a process for the production of new immunobiological preparations for the diagnosis, prophylaxis and/or treatment of Candida guilliermondii infections. According to the invention one proceeds as follows: (a) a Candida guilliermond... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4677072 | Rhodotorula having desaturase enzymes A yeast culture medium contains glucose, yeast extract, buffers, alkaline earth metal salts, and antibiotics, has a pH of 4.3 to 4.7. Yeast strains of the genus Rhodotorula, obtained from water and soil samples, are useful as desaturase enzymes, especiall... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4672037 | Method of culturing freeze-dried microorganisms A preparation of freeze-dried microorganisms and method for preparing a freeze-dried suspension of microorganisms and culture medium in which the freeze dried microorganisms can be directly cultured simply by adding sterile distilled water to the vessel i... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4663284 | Process for enhanced fermentation of xylose to ethanol Ethanol is produced from D-xylose by fermentation with any of the known xylose-metabolizing yeasts, such as Pachysolen tannophilus. To improve the yield of ethanol, small quantities of glucose are added to the fermentation medium during the fermentation p... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4622303 | Defoamers for yeast fermentation Troublesome foaming in the fermentation of yeast is suppressed by the addition of polyglycol ethers which are derived from saturated and monounsaturated C16 -C18 fatty alcohols and which contain on an average of from 1 to 4 ethylene ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4599309 | Post cultivation treatment of yeast cells to facilitate product recovery Yeast cells containing useful substances accumulated therein are contacted with a divalent copper ion in aqueous suspension, thereby discharging low-molecular-weight compounds in the cytoplasm out of the cells. Useful substances can be efficiently recover... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4320194 | Process for the production of carrier particles from yeast cells and for producing diagnostic agents therefrom and test kits containing such agents Yeast cells are converted into carrier particles useful as carriers for proteins and other materials useful in agglutination tests by cross-linking the proteins of the cell cytoplasm followed by stabilization of the carbohydrates of the cell wall by react... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4317884 | Method for the production of yeast on ethanol and means therefor For the production of biological masses of microbial origin, the yeast strain NRRL-Y 11119 uses ethanol as a carbon source and an energy source simultaneously. Proteic biomasses of a very good quality are obtained.... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4284724 | Method of highly concentrated cultivation of yeasts A broth containing yeast cells is continuously or intermittently removed from a fermentor. Then, yeast cells are separated from the filtrate using a cell separator, or further washed with water. Then, the yeast cells so obtained are recycled to the fermen... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4275158 | Manufacture of fatty acids having straight and long carbon chains using a microorganism A method for the oxidation of hydrocarbons to monocarboxylic acids and then to dicarboxylic acids by the aerobic cultivation or resting cell reaction of the organism Debaryomyces vanriji (BR-308) ATCC 20588.... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4258070 | Method for inhibiting microbial growth in food processes A method for inhibiting microbial contamination, particularly applicable to processes for preparing food materials under nominally aseptic conditions, is carried out by cycling the temperature of a desired portion of the process which is a source of conta... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4237232 | Method of purifying distillers solubles and use of the purified matter Distillers solubles are purified by a centrifugal separation to a degree above 50,000, which is the product of g × minute, or a filtration with addition of a filter aid. The clarified matter is purified by a molecular sieve treatment, ultrafiltration, re... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4229543 | Process for culturing methanol-utilizing yeasts A process for culturing methanol-utilizing yeasts, wherein a methanol-utilizing yeast is cultured in a medium containing methanol as a main carbon source, using as seeds yeast cells obtained by culturing the yeast in a culture liquor containing methanol a... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4218537 | Medium for the cultivation of microorganisms Base medium for the constitution of culture media for microorganisms. It has a sufficient viscosity for strict aerobic microorganisms, even mobile, to be able to develop only at the surface or close to the latter, this viscosity however not exceeding that whic... | 08/19/1980 |
