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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7262047 | SAFR-032 isolate The present invention relates to discovery and isolation of a biologically pure culture of a Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032 isolate with UV sterilization resistant properties. This novel strain has been characterized on the basis of phenotypic traits, 16S rDNA seq... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7211428 | Strain of as a bioinoculant The present invention relates to the selection and development of superior strain of Bacillus spp for improving plant growth and health by inhibiting pathogenic fungi. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7112432 | Process for producing cis-3-hydroxy-L-proline An isolated gene encodes for a L-proline-3-hydroxylase having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1, 2, 15, 16 and 17, or for a protein having enzymatic activity to hydroxylate the 3-position of L-proline and to act on free L-proline in the presence of 2-ketoglut... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7025974 | Absorbent product containing absorbent structure and bacillus coagulans The invention describes compositions and methods for inhibiting microbial infections associated with the use of sanitary products, such as diapers, bandages, sanitary napkins, tampons and the like. The invention comprises providing for use a sanitary product contain... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022827 | Xylanase, microorganisms producing it, DNA molecules, methods for preparing this xylanase and uses of the latter The invention relates to an isolated and purified culture of Bacillus sp. strain 720/1 (LMG P-14798); to xylanases obtained from this strain and xylanases obtained from derivatives and mutants of strain 720/1. The invention also relates to a DNA molecule enco... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022509 | Gas vesicles of cells and methods of harvesting, isolating and modifying same A method for removing a gas from a site comprising placing cells having gas vesicles under conditions that induce the cells to float to a surface of an aqueous medium, harvesting the cells from the surface of the medium, lysing the cells, separating the gas vesicles... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6974691 | Surface treatment with dormant bacteria and adhering agent to control odor The present invention provides in one aspect for a method for controlling odor associated with spills of organic material which can cause odors on carpets. The method comprises applying to the carpet a preparation of dormant bacteria, which when activated are effect... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6960342 | Method for inhibiting pathogenic fungi in plants using Bacillus amyloliquefaciens The present invention provides a novel Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain that exhibits broad antifungal activity. The present invention also provides the use of the Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain or an antifungal composition comprised of the novel s... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6896883 | Biocontrol for plants with Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas putida, and Sporobolomyces roseus The present invention is directed to isolated Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas putida, and Sporobolomyces roseus which are useful as a biocontrol agent. These organisms are useful in a method of imparting to plants protection against plant pathogens by a... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6897048 | Microorganisms and method for L-arginine production by fermentation The present invention relates to a microorganism having an L-arginine producing ability where the microorganism synthesizes L-arginine through the biosynthetic linear or cyclic pathway and contains a recombinant DNA containing the argJ gene encoding an enzyme having... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6849256 | Inhibition of pathogens by probiotic bacteria Composition containing a lactic acid-producing bacterial strain, e.g., Bacillus coagulans for inhibition of pathogenic bacterial infections. Spores or extracellular products produced by the bacterial strains are also useful as inhibitory agents. ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6841165 | Insecticidal agents Disclosed are novel strains of Xenorhabdus bovienii deposited with NCIMB under accession numbers NCIMB 40985 and NCIMB 40986 which are a source of orally acting pesticides. Also disclosed are pesticidal agents which are (i) obtainable from a X. bovienii | 01/11/2005 |
| 6706517 | Method for producing L-amino acids by fermentation The present invention provides an industrially efficient method for producing an L-amino acid useful as medicament, chemical agent, food material and feed additive, and the method comprising culturing in a medium a microorganism having an ability to produce the L-am... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6664100 | Conversion of organic waste into humic products using multiple aerobic fermentations for soils restoration A method for converting organic solid waste into humic products and the corresponding apparatus, in which a preliminary aerobic fermentation of the organic solid waste is performed, followed by a second aerobic fermentation of the organic waste in the pre... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6617148 | Natural promoters for gene expression and metabolic monitoring in bacillus species Genes have been identified in the Bacillus genome that are responsive to various metabolic conditions and growth cycle changes. The new responsiveness of these genes allows for their use in regulated gene expression in Bacillus sp. and for the monitoring ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6576454 | Modified enzymes and their use for peptide synthesis The present invention relates to modified enzymes with one or more amino acid residues from an enzyme being replaced by cysteine residues, where at least some of the cysteine residues are modified by replacing thiol hydrogen in the cysteine residue with a... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6548283 | Bacterial protein with xylanase activity The invention relates to specific bacterium and proteins with xylanase activity derived from the bacteria, in particular to xylanases which are free of any significant cellulase activity and which are active at high temperature and at neutral to alkaline ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6541240 | Bacterial cleavage of only organic C-N bonds of carbonaceous materials to reduce nitrogen content A microbial process is provided for selective cleavage of only organic C--N bonds while leaving C--C bonds intact which may be used for reducing the nitrogen content of nitrogen-containing organic carbonaceous materials. Microorganisms of Pseudomonas ayuc... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6528480 | Protein with plant protecting properties An MF2 protein having the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ. ID. NO. 2, itself or as a part of any larger protein, or a functional derivative thereof having antiviral and/or antifungal activities, which protein is derivable from Bacillus thuringiensis. ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6472192 | Cyclodextrin glycosyl transferases for producing γ-cyclodextrin CGTases, which, when converting starch or starch-like substrates to CD, produce γ-CD to an increased extent and still exhibit at least 60% of the specific total CGTase activity of the starting CGTase which was used for preparing the enzyme concerned. The... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6428975 | Methods for determining the presence or absence of microorganisms in lipid-containing compositions The present invention provides methods of validating the sterility of compositions which contain large quantities of lipids, and especially those lipid compounds which contain quantities of bacteriocidal agents such as antibiotics. The compositions may co... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6420165 | Degrading sludge with microorganisms ATCC 55926 OR 202050 A biologically pure culture of a microorganism is provided designated SH2A and deposited under ATCC Accession No. 55926, or a mutant derived therefrom. Further provided is a biologically pure culture of a microorganism designated SH2B and deposited under ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6413763 | Method of removing gas from a site using gas vesicles of cells A method for removing a gas compound from a site comprising placing cells having gas vesicles under conditions that induce the cells to float to a surface of an aqueous medium, harvesting the cells from the surface of the medium, lysing the cells, separat... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6406690 | Bacillus firmus CNCM I-1582 or Bacillus cereus CNCM I-1562 for controlling nematodes A biologically pure strain of Bacillus firmus (CNCM I-1582) possessing nematicidal activity is provided. Also provided are compositions containing and methods for employing the Bacillus firmus strain and a biologically pure strain of Bacillus cereus (CNCM... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6395525 | Geranyl diphosphate synthase genes An isolated recombinant protein comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No: 1 is disclosed. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a recombinant protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 but having a deletion, substitutio... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6395532 | Modified enzymes and their use for peptide synthesis The present invention relates to modified enzymes with one or more amino acid residues from an enzyme being replaced by cysteine residues, where at least some of the cysteine residues are modified by replacing thiol hydrogen in the cysteine residue with a... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6346407 | Xylanase, microorganisms producing it, DNA molecules, methods for preparing this xylanase and uses of the latter The invention relates to a xylanase originating from a Bacillus strain and particularly to Bacillus sp. strain 720/1 (LMG P-14798) and to xylanase obtained from derivatives and mutants of this strain. The xylanase of the invention is active over a wide ra... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6344344 | Method for producing uridine-5'-monophosphate by fermentation using mutant strains of coryneform bacteria Uridine-5'-monophosphate is produced by cultivating in a nutrient medium an uridine-5'-monophosphate producing mutant of coryneform bacterium and which is characterized by at least a resistance to growth inhibition by pyrimidine analogue or a deficiency i... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6329011 | Antimicrobial agent against acid-resistant and heat-resistant bacteria An antimicrobial agent with a high degree of safety is provided, which is derived from a natural product and can exhibit growth-inhibitory activity against acid-resistant and heat-resistant bacteria such as Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris, which is resis... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6316228 | Efficient synthesis of nucleosides Methods and compositions, including cell cultures, for producing nucleosides are provided which comprise contacting a nucleoside precursor and a sugar moiety donor with a cell containing a nucleoside phosphorylase. The nucleoside precursor can be a purine... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6287829 | Process for the selective enzymatic hydroxylation of aldehydes and ketones A process for the selective enzymatic hydroxylation of aldehydes and ketones using chiral anchor-protective groups.... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6284517 | Plating media for the presumptive identification of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis An isolation plating medium and mixture for simultaneously identifying Bacillus species are disclosed. The specific bacilli identified are Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus cereus. The medium and mixture contain nutrients, inhibitory ingredients to inhi... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6261825 | Production of amino acids using auxotrophic mutants of methylotrophic bacillus A method of producing amino acids by culturing an amino acid auxotroph of a biologically pure strain of a type I methylotrophic bacterium of the genus Bacillus which exhibits sustained growth at 50° C. using methanol as a carbon and energy source and req... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6258356 | Methods for controlling insect pests with compositions containing Bacillus thuringiensis strains Novel bacterial isolates of B. thuringiensis are disclosed which have enhanced toxicity with respect to previously resistant or insufficiently susceptible insect species, including, but not limited to, Plutella xylostella, Spodoptera frugiperda and Spodop... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6254777 | Process for bacterial treatment of effluents that contain at least one ether A process for treating aqueous effluents that contain at least one ether, preferably ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) and/or methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and/or tert-amylmethylether (TAME) to reduce the concentration of said ether is described, characteriz... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6225438 | Medium chain length PHA copolymer and process for producing same This invention relates to polymer production and in particular to a novel copolymer and a process for microbiologically producing the same. More specifically this invention provides for a poly-3-hydroxyalkanoate (PHA) that includes medium length 3-hydroxy... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6221650 | Waste treatment with a combination of denitrifying propionibacterium acidipropionici and protease-producing bacillus Waste such as livestock waste is treated with a combination of protease-producing bacteria and denitrifying bacteria that synergistically reduce nitrogen concentration, and further reduce noxious odors associated with anaerobic decomposition. The protease... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6218163 | Stable biocatalysts for ester hydrolysis The instant invention encompasses isolated stable esterase enzymes characterized by the ability to remain stable at certain temperatures, substrate specificities, and activity profile.... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6190903 | Bacteria having ATCC No. 55926 or ATCC No. 202050 capable of biodegradation of wastes A biologically pure culture of a microorganism is provided designated SH2A and deposited under ATCC Accession No. 55926, or a mutant derived therefrom. Further provided is a biologically pure culture of a microorganism designated SH2B and deposited under ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6187555 | Spores with increased sensitivity to sterilants using additives that bind to sterilant-sensitive sites Microbial spores having increased sensitivity to sterilants are provided. An additive such as a dipeptide, oligosaccharide, and/or polyhydroxyalcohols are added to the spores wherein the additive is bound to sterilant-sensitive sites in the spores. The ad... | 02/13/2001 |
