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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6984512 | Bacterial strains, methods of preparing the same and use thereof in fermentation processes for L-lysine production The present invention relates to the fields of microbiology and microbial genetics. More specifically, the invention relates to novel bacterial strains and processes employing these strains for the fermentative production of amino acids such as threonine. ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6821768 | Corynebacterium ammoniagenes KCCM 10340 for producing 5'-xanthylic acid The invention relates to microorganism producing 5′-xanthylic acid. A 3,4-dehydro-DL-proline resistant Corynebacterium ammoniagenes CJXPK001 strain is provided for producing 5′-xanthylic acid. It is a mutant strain of Corynebacterium ammoniagene... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6777224 | Method for producing optically active mandelic acid derivatives The present invention provides a method for enzymatically producing optically active mandelic acid derivatives. An optically active mandelic acid derivative (shown as Formula II) is produced by reacting a culture or cell body of a microorganism, or processed product... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6746677 | Stable vaccine compositions for parenteral administration, a method for their use, and a process for their preparation The invention relates to certain stable vaccine compositions comprising a macrocyclic lactone compound, a milbemycin compound, an avermectin compound or mixtures thereof; at least one antigen; a dispersing agent; an adjuvant; a water soluble organic solvent; and sal... | 06/08/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6589774 | Process for producing a bran pickless flavoring solution The present invention relates to a novel flavoring solution for making pickles having a flavor of foods pickled in rice bran paste (hereinafter referred to as a bran pickles flavoring solution), a clear bran pickles flavoring solution, processes for produ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6238896 | Process for producing malonic acid derivatives The present invention relates to a method for preparing a malonic acid monoester represented by Formula (II): wherein R is alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl or C1-20 alkyl, comprising treating a cyanoacetic acid ester represented by Formula (I): wherein R is d... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6180373 | Microorganisms for the production of tryptophan and process for the preparation thereof A tryptophan producing strain of microorganism is selected from E. coli and Corynebacteria and is tryptophan feedback resistant and serine feedback resistant. The serine feedback resistance is by a mutation in a serA allele, where the mutated serA allele ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6060265 | Methods for the detoxification of nitrile and/or amide compounds The present invention describes methods for the detoxification of a mixture of nitrile compounds, or a mixture of nitrile and amide compounds by conversion of the nitrile compound(s) to the corresponding amide or acid compounds using a pure culture of an ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6017746 | Remedying a contaminated environment using Pseudomonas cepacia or Corynebacterium species and Renobacter species FERM BP-5353 having dehalogenase activity A process for remedying an environment contaminated with an aliphatic organochlorine compound which includes the use of Pseudomonas cepacia strain KK01 (FERM BP-4235) or Corynebacterium species (FERM BP 5102) and Renobacter species (FERM BP-5353). The fir... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6004772 | Oxygenase expressing microorganism strain JM1 (FERM BP-5352) for degrading organic compounds without an inducer A bacterium strain JM1 (FERM BP-5352) capable of degrading organic compounds without inducers is disclosed. Further, methods for degrading organic compounds and remedying an environment using the bacterium strain are also disclosed. The microorganism is b... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5972691 | Dehalogenation of polyamine, neutral curing wet strength resins Process for making polyamine-epihalohydrin resin products having very low levels of epihalohydrin or epihalohydrin hydrolyzates, particularly useful in papermaking, which includes, amongst other features, producing a polyamine-epihalohydrin polymer in aqu... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5945331 | Microorganisms, and method for biodegradation of organic compounds and method for environmental remediation Novel microorganism strains JM2N (FERM BP-5961), JM6U (FERM BP-5962) and JM7 (FERM BP-5975), mutants of strain J1 (FERM BP-5102), constitutively expressing an oxygenase, and a method for biodegradation of organic compounds and a method for environmental r... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5888760 | Universal test systems and methods of use thereof for identifying multiple families of microorganisms The present invention relates to a universal test systems and methods of use thereof for identifying a microorganism among at least two groups of widely divergent microorganisms. The universal test system comprises a predetermined combination of non-redun... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5869300 | Method for producing L-glutamic acid by continuous fermentation A method for producing L-glutamic acid, comprising inoculating a microorganism having an ability to produce L-glutamic acid, in a liquid medium containing a carbon source and a nitrogen source, conducting continuous L-glutamic acid fermentation in which b... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5863750 | Methods for the detoxification of nitrile and/or amide compounds The present invention describes methods for the detoxification of a mixture of nitrile compounds, or a mixture of nitrile and amide compounds by conversion of the nitrile compound(s) to the corresponding amide or acid compounds using a pure culture of an ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5846790 | Methods of producing L-lysine and L-glutamic acid by fermentation A mutant strain having an ability to produce L-glutamic acid in the absence of any biotin action-suppressing agent in a medium containing an excessive amount of biotin is obtained by giving temperature sensitivity with respect to a biotin action-suppressi... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5840551 | Method of producing L-amino acids by fermentation A method of producing L-amino acids by fermentation. Microorganisms of the genus Corynebacterium which exhibit an auxotrophy relative to an amino acid are used as biocatalysts. The method is characterized in that the carbon source on the one hand and the ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5807736 | Method for biodegradation of aromatic and chlorinated compounds using microorganism strain FERM BP-5102 A bacterial strain J1 (FERM BP-5102) which can effectively degrade aromatic compounds and/or chlorinated organic compounds such as trichloroethylene (TCE) is disclosed. Also the degradation occurs at a lower temperature such as 15°. Further, a method for... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5795761 | Mutants of 2,5-diketo-D-gluconic acid (2,5-DKG) reductase A Mutants of 2,5-diketo-D-gluconic acid reductase A an enzyme used to produce 2-keto-L-gluconic acid, a precursor of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), are prepared by site-directed mutagenesis. These mutants may exhibit one or more of the following characteristics... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5763231 | Process for producing L-leucine A process for producing L-leucine, which includes incubating an L-leucine-productive microorganism belonging to the genus Corynebacterium, Escherichia, Brevibacterium, or Microbacterium in a culture medium and reacting the resulting cells with saccharides... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5705370 | Process for producing L-amino acids by fermentation Culturing an L-amino acid producing microorganism belonging to the genus Brevibacterium or Corynebacterium and having a resistance to a peptide containing glutamic acid or aspartic acid gives L-amino acids in high yield.... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5650304 | Process for producing L-lysine by fermentation The present invention relates to (a) process for producing L-lysine by fermentation which comprises culturing a microorganism having resistance to 4-N-(D-alanyl)-2,4-diamino-2,4-dideoxy-L-arabinose 2,4-dideoxy-L-arabinose or a derivative thereof and belon... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5633154 | Method for location of insertion elements A method of locating insertion elements (IS elements) or transposons in coryneform bacteria, a positive selection system suitable for the above, the IS elements found in this manner and their use, is disclosed. The method involves: (1) The construction of... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5624828 | Process for producing L-tryptophan in serine auxotrophic microorganisms belonging to the genus corynebacterium or brevabacterium The present invention provides a process for producing substances such as L-tryptophan and L-threonine, which comprises transforming a serine-requiring microorganism belonging to the genus Corynebacterium or Brevibacterium by incorporation of a recombinan... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5614392 | Process of L-phenylalanine fermentation The present invention provides a process for L-phenylalanine fermentation by coryneform bacterium. The present invention successfully applies an oxystat to control the timing of feeding of molasses so as to maintain low dissolved oxygen tension and low su... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5597727 | Coryneform bacteria DNA fragment containing a gene responsible for the function of autonomous replication of plasmid The present invention relates to a DNA fragment which contains a gene responsible for the function of autonomous replication of plasmid in a Coryneform bacterium, said gene being obtained from plasmid pBY503 held in Brevibacterium stationis, and in which ... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5597716 | Process for producing D-lactic acid and L-lactamide The present invention relates to a process for producing D-lactic acid and L-lactamide, comprising allowing a culture broth of a microorganism capable of asymmetric hydrolysis of DL-lactamide belonging to the genus Alcaligenes, Pseudomonas, Agrobacterium,... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5595906 | Corynebacterium strain for producing L-tryptophan decreased in phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity The invention relates to a bacterial process for producing L-tryptophan, L-tyrosine or L-phenylalanine. The process utilizes a coryneform glutamic acid-producing bacterium being capable of producing L-tryptophan, L-tyrosine or L-phenylalanine and also dec... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5595894 | Process for stably maintaining recombinant plasmids in serine auxotrophic microorganisms belonging to the genus Corynebacterium or Brevibacterium The present invention provides a process for producing substances such as L-tryptophan and L-threonine, which comprises transforming a serine-requiring microorganism belonging to the genus Corynebacterium or Brevibacterium by incorporation of a recombinan... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5587303 | Production process of L-amino acids with bacteria A production process of optically active amino acids comprising causing a microorganism belonging to Rhodococcus, Mycobacterium, Arthrobacter, Nocardiopsis or Bacillus sp. and having nitrile-hydrolyzing activity to act on a nitrile or derivative thereof.... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5565357 | Process for production of canthaxanthin A process for production of canthaxanthin comprising the steps of culturing a microorganism capable of producing canthaxanthin and belonging to the genus Corynebacterium, such as Corynebacterium sp. SQH 348 (FERM BP-4284), and recovering canthaxanthin fro... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5540924 | Composition for the prevention and treatment of white diarrhea and diarrhea in livestock, etc. A composition for the prevention and treatment of diarrhea in animals, containing sterilized cells of bacteria belonging to the genus Bacillus, Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium, Escherichia, Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, or Streptomyces, a cell homogenate ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5521074 | Process for producing L-valine There is provided a process for producing L-valine which comprises cultivating, in a medium, a microorganism which belongs to the genus Corynebacterium or Brevibacterium, which exhibits a) an ability to produce L-valine, b) resistance to L-valine in a med... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5496709 | Process for production of canthaxanthin A process for production of canthaxanthin comprising the steps of culturing a microorganism capable of producing canthaxanthin and belonging to the genus Corynebacterium, such as Corynebacterium sp. SQH 348 (FERM BP-4284), and recovering canthaxanthin fro... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5492818 | Method of producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation The present invention provides a method of producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation, comprising the steps of culturing a mutant of an L-glutamic acid-producing microorganism of the genus Brevibacterium or Corynebacterium which has lower -ketogluta... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5484714 | Method of producing trehalose by microorganisms which can produce tremalose with sucrose or maltose as main carbon source A method of producing trehalose, in which a microorganism belonging to the genus Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium, Microbacterium or Arthrobacter and having the ability to produce trehalose is incubated in a liquid medium containing sucrose or maltose as a... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5470732 | Restriction enzyme from Brevibacterium linens A restriction enzyme is obtained by cultivating a strain of Brevibacterium linens and recovering the restriction enzyme. The restriction enzyme, which has the same specificity as AvrII, cleaves the following nucleotide sequence specifically at the arrow-m... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5436145 | Process for preparing 6-hydroxy nitrogen-containing 6-membered ring compounds 6-Hydroxy nitrogen-containing 6-membered ring compounds of the following general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R1 represents carboxy group, carbamoyl group, cyano group, formyl group, C1 -C5 hydroxyalkyl group, C | 07/25/1995 |
| 5429935 | Process for the production of optically active 2-hydroxy-4-phenyl-3-butenoic acid Optically active 2-hydroxy-4-phenyl-3-butenoic acid can be obtained by treating 2-oxo-4-phenyl-3-butenoic acid with an optionally treated microorganism capable of asymmetrically reducing the 2-oxo-4-phenyl-3-butenoic acid into (R)-2-hydroxy-4-phenyl-3-but... | 07/04/1995 |
