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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7074604 | Bioproduction of astaxanthin using mutant carotenoid ketolase and carotenoid hydroxylase genes Protein engineered nucleic acid fragments encoding a CrtO ketolase and a CrtZ hydroxylase are provided with increased astaxanthin synthesis activity. Methods using the present nucleic acid fragments are also provided for increasing or altering astaxanthin production... | 07/11/2006 |
| 5459053 | Use of rumen contents from slaughter cattle for the production of lactic acid A novel process for producing lactic acid using the rumen contents collected from slaughtered cattle or sheep is disclosed. The rumen contents are initially incubated for a period of time and under sufficiently low pH conditions effective to kill and/or i... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5013665 | Method for regenerating deactivated microorganisms The present invention relates a method for reactivating or regenerating the methane oxidizability of a methane-utilizing bacteria which have partly or wholly lost its methane oxidizability by culturing said methane-utilizing bacteria in a specified condit... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4859594 | Microorganisms for biodegrading toxic chemicals This invention relates to novel microorganisms separated from natural environments and purified and genetically modified, process for immobilizing these microorganisms by affixing then to substrates, the biocatalytic compositions formed by these microorga... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4837150 | Oxidation processes A process in which a culture of a methane-oxidizing bacterium or an extract thereof containing a methane oxidizing system is used as oxidizing agent for the oxidation of a higher short-chain alkane, an alkene or a cyclic organic compound.... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4795708 | Novel backteria and single cell protein production therewith Single cell protein (SCP) is produced at high yields from a novel methanol assimilating Methylomonas sp. grown at elevated temperatures in an aerobic bacterial fermentation process.... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4627983 | Functional protein hydrolyzates, a process for their preparation, use of these protein hydrolyzates as a food additive, and foods containing these protein hydrolyzated Functional hydrolyzates are prepared from microbial protein isolates, with a protein content of more than 90% by weight, a nucleic acid content of less than 2% by weight, a lipid content of less than 1% by weight, a suspendability of 80-100%, a foaming capacity characte... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4601986 | Protein product of reduced nucleic acid content and low allergenicity A nucleic acid-reduced substantially allergen-free single cell protein product is obtained by culturing a yeast, fungi or bacterium on an ultra-low sulfate medium, treating the produced cells with a base at a pH of about 9.5 with moderate heat, thereafter... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4594324 | Microbiological process for oxidizing organic compounds A process in which a culture of a methane-oxidizing bacterium or an extract thereof containing a methane oxidizing system is used as oxidizing agent for the oxidation of a higher short-chain alkane, an alkene or a cyclic organic compound.... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4375515 | Method for producing microbial cells and use thereof to produce oxidation products Disclosed are newly discovered and isolated methylotrophic microorganism strains and their natural and/or artificial mutants which grow well under aerobic conditions in a culture medium in the presence of methane as the major carbon and energy source. The... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4368267 | Epoxidation of lower -olefins A process is disclosed for the epoxidation of lower -olefins dienes or vinyl aromatic compounds by contacting said compounds, under aerobic conditions in the presence of microorganisms, genetically engineered organisms thereof or enzyme preparation... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4347319 | Microbiological epoxidation process A process is disclosed for the microbiological epoxidation of C2 -C4 n-alkenes, dienes and vinyl aromatic compounds by contacting, under aerobic conditions, in an aqueous medium containing microorganisms or enzyme preparations derive... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4323649 | Biotransformations using methane-utilizing bacteria A process for the partial degradation of complex cyclicorganic compounds such as 1-phenylheptane and m-chlorotoluene using methane-utilizing microorganisms or enzyme extracts thereof containing the enzymes methane mono-oxygenase and/or a de-halogenase. Th... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4317843 | Microbiological production of protein Growth of bacteria belonging to new species of genera Pseudomonas, Microcyclus and Hyphomicrobium upon culture media comprising sources of assimilable carbon, for example oxygenated hydrocarbons, and inorganic nutrients to produce protein compositions and... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4269940 | Microbiological alkane oxidation process Disclosed is a process for the microbiological oxidation of C1 -C6 alkanes and cycloalkanes by contacting said C1 -C6 alkanes or cycloalkanes, under aerobic conditions, in the presence of microorganisms or enzym... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4268630 | Microbiological production of ketones from C3 -C6 alkanes A process is disclosed for the microbiological production of ketones from C3 -C6 alkanes by contacting C3 -C6 alkanes under aerobic conditions with resting microbial cells derived from a methylotrophic microorga... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4266034 | Method for producing microbial cells and use thereof to produce oxidation products Disclosed are newly discovered and isolated methylotrophic microorganism strains and their natural and/or artificial mutants which grow well under aerobic conditions in a culture medium in the presence of methane as the major carbon and energy source. The... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4250259 | Microbiological production of ketones from C3 -C6 secondary alcohols A process is disclosed for the microbiological production of ketones from C3 -C6 secondary alcohols by contacting C3 -C6 secondary alcohols under aerobic conditions with resting microbial cells derived from a mi... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4241184 | Secondary alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme and use thereof Disclosed is a newly-discovered and isolated enzyme which is a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-linked C3 -C6 secondary alcohol-specific dehydrogenase. This enzyme, in the presence of oxygen and NAD, is capable of ... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4106988 | Method of cultivating Methylomonas probus on methanol containing medium A new species of bacteria, Methylomonas probus, is cultured in a medium containing methanol as a sole carbon source to obtain propagated bacterial cells that can be utilized as an effective source of protein in feed and food.... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4048013 | Process for producing single-cell protein from methanol using methylomonas sp. DSM 580 A process for preparing a single cell protein from methanol is described. This process utilizes Methylomonas sp. DSM 580 as the obligate methanol-assimilating bacterium for the preparation of the single cell protein.... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4007088 | Process of manufacturing native microbial protein with a low content of nucleic acids The invention relates to a process of manufacturing native microbial protein with a low content of nucleic acids, the product being useful as food or feed. The products obtained by the process of the invention may be widely used in the food industry, espe... | 02/08/1977 |
| 4006058 | Biopolymer production process An improved process for the production of a heteropolysaccharide by fermentation of a methanol containing culture medium with a microorganism of Methylomonas mucosa NRRL B-5696 wherein an alkali metal glycerophosphate is incorporated into the culture medi... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3996105 | Mixed methane-utilizing cultures for production of micro-organisms A process for the production of micro-organisms in which a methane-utilising micro-organism is grown under aerobic conditions in the presence of (a) one or more methanol-utilising micro-organisms which is/are capable of metabolising methanol produced by t... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3965985 | Microbial synthesis from aldehyde containing hydrocarbon derived products Proteins, amino acids, gums, and other valuable fermentation products are efficiently biosynthesized from hydrocarbon derived feedstocks containing aldehydes which have been admixed with a nitrogen-containing compound before being passed to a fermentor.... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3963572 | Fermentative process for the production of L-tryptophan and its derivatives Fermentation process for preparation of L-tryptophan and its derivatives from indole or derivatives thereof wherein the fermentation is carried out in a substrate with methanol as the main source for carbon and is carried out using a certain type of metha... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3932218 | Production of heteropolysaccharide by fermentation of methanol Disclosed is a new heteropolysaccharide polymer and a method for producing this polymer by a fermentation process comprising culturing a heteropolysaccharide-producing strain of a micro-organism of the genus Methylomonas on an aqueous culture medium conta... | 01/13/1976 |
