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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5217888 | Yeast with high content of arginine The present invention relates to yeast with a high arginine content which belongs to Kluyveromyces polysporus and has resistance to ethionine.... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5212088 | Spheroplast fusions of Phaffia rhodozyma cells The present invention provides a process for the cell fusion of strains of Phaffia rhodozyma thereby providing novel strains of Phaffia rhodozyma.... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5212078 | Process for producing a lactone Described is a microbiological method for producing the lactone, sclareolide having the structure: ##STR1## and a diol having the chemical structure: ##STR2## using a sclareol derivative having one of the structures: ##STR3## wherein a... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5210034 | Hybridoma of Zygosaccharomyces rouxil and Torulopsis versatilis which produces aromas of soy sauce The present invention provides a novel hybridoma obtained from Zygosaccharomyces rouxii and Torulopsis versatilis, which produces the characteristic fragrances of soy sauce, a process for preparation thereof and a process for producing soy sauce by using ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5208026 | Composition for biocontrol of plantain The present invention is concerned with a novel bioherbicide and its use to control Plantago major plantain. More specifically, the invention is concerned with Colletotrichum sp. G1 having the identifying characteristics of culture deposit No. ATCC 20980.... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5204249 | Process for the preparation of carebastine and similar materials The invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of carebastine and similar materials from ebastine or terfenadine by oxidization using microorganisms. Carebastine and similar materials are used for the treatment of allergic disorders and as a... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5204250 | Process for production of arachidonic acid A process for the production of arachidonic acid comprising culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Mortierella capable of producing arachidonic acid to produce arachidonic acid or a lipid comprising arachidonic acid, and recovering the arachidon... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5202244 | Process for producing aphidicolin using the microrganism verticillium sp Aphidicolin is produced with a high productivity by culturing microorganisms belonging to the genus Verticillium, for example, Verticillium sp FERM BP-3430, in a culture medium, thereby forming and accumulating aphidicolin therein and recovering the aphid... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5200342 | Squalene synthetase inhibitors and processes therefrom This invention relates to strains of the species Curvularia lunata isolated from tree bark and useful in a fermentation process to form compounds of formula (I): ##STR1##... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5200330 | Method for the preparation of methyl anthranilate A process for the preparation of "natural" methyl anthranilate which comprises the microbial N-demethylation of methyl N-methyl-anthranilate is disclosed.... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5194380 | 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... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5194377 | Antibiotic agent An antibiotic agent produced by the cultivation of Zalerion arboricola which is a cyclic lipopeptide with very high activity against human pathogens and of very low mammalian toxicity is described. Its production and isolation are also described.... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5192541 | Weed killing Xanthomonas campestris The subject invention pertains to novel microorganisms useful for the control of unwanted grasses and other weeds. The microorganisms of the subject invention are discovered through a unique process which involves isolating plant pathogens from asymptomat... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5190754 | Ampelomyces quisqualis AQ10, CNCM I-807, for biological control of powdery mildew A novel fungal strain of the species Ampelomyces quisqualis has been isolated and pure cultures thereof prepared. This novel strain is termed AQ10 and has CNCM Accession Number I-807, and was found to be a hyperparasite of the causative fungi of powdery m... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5187079 | Glucose-repressible gene for the regulated expression of proteins and expression vector therefor A glucose-repressible gene comprising amino acid coding sequences of a desired protein and also an upstream regulatory region. An efficient expression vector comprising the regulatory region may be constructed to direct in a controlled manner, the product... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5187081 | Process for preparing protease from Endothia parasitica using glucanases to reduce viscosity The present invention relates to a process for preparing protease from Endothia parasitica, wherein a glucanase or a mixture of glucanases acting on the viscosity increasing polysaccharides co-produced by the fungus, is introduced in the medium during or ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185255 | Cell culture method A cell culture method proliferates microorganisms, particularly fungi such as molds, actinomycetes, animal cells, plant cells and so on to produce useful substances such as antibiotics, enzymes, proteins, polysaccharides, physiological active substances, ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5183753 | Preparation of xylanase by cultivating Thermomyces lanuginosus DSM 5826 in a medium containing corn cobs Xylanase is prepared by cultivation of a fungus in a nutrient medium which contains corn cobs. The fungus is preferably Thermomyces lanuginosus DSM 5826 which produces an exo- and endo- cellulase-free xylanase.... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5183749 | Microbial process for the preparation of milbemycin derivatives The present invention relates to a one-step microbial process for the preparation of 13ଲ-hydroxy- or 14,15-epoxy-milbemycins of the following formulae I and II ##STR1## in which R1 and R1 ' represent methyl, ethyl, isoprop... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5182208 | Processes for in vivo production of astaxanthin and phaffia rhodozyma yeast of enhanced astaxanthin content An economical process for in vivo production of the pigment astaxanthin, and particularly a process for enhancing astaxanthin content of cultures of microorganisms of genus Phaffia, the process comprising culturing a microorganism of genus Phaffia in a nu... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5178642 | Inoculum from ectomycorrhizal fungi forming endomycorrhizal infection with herbaceous plants Fungal inoculants for plants producing ectomycorrhizae with woody plants or endomycorrhizae with leafy plants are formed in perlite from microsclerotia-producing fungi such as Cenococcum geophilium.... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5171676 | Method of introducing hydroxyl groups into artemisinin and its derivatives The fungus Beauveria sulfurescens has been employed to introduce hydroxyl groups into artemisinin and derivatives of artemisinin, an antimalarial. Hydroxylated derivatives of artemisinin and derivatives of artemisinin produced thereby possess antimalarial... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5169778 | Amycolatopsis trehalostatica strain This invention relates to a substance Trehalostatin which is a white powder soluble in water but hardly or only slightly soluble in hexane, benzene, ethers and petroleum ether, shows no absorption maxima at 220 nm or above in its ultraviolet visible light... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5169767 | Method of producing trehalose The present invention provides a method for producing trehalose, which comprises culturing microorganisms capable of producing trehalose, in a culture medium containing validamycin or a derivative thereof.... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5166070 | Vectors for the cloning and expression of heterologous genes in yeast and the yeast strains transformed by said vectors Vectors for the cloning of heterologous genes in yeast, which have the characteristic that they contain at least the entire DNA of the pKD1 plasmid (isolated from Kluyveromyces drosophilarum) or a part of the same, as well as a DNA segment bearing any het... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5164302 | Method for preparing 7ଲ-hydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione derivatives Novel 7ଲ-hydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione derivatives are disclosed. The group of these compounds has possibility of being utilized as an intermediate for the synthesis of progesterone derivatives having ovulation-inhibiting activity. These compounds themse... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5156960 | Microbial process for the production of immunosuppressive antibiotics The invention relates to a microbial process for the production of immunosuppressive cyclosporine antibiotic complex or of its components, cyclosporine A, cyclosporine B and cyclosporine C, by the aerobic fermentation of a filamentous fungus strain biosyn... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5155029 | Process for producing a cyclic ether Described is a microbiological method for producing the cyclic ether having the chemical structure: ##STR1## using a sclareol derivative having one of the structures: ##STR2## and using the microorganism: Cryptococcus laurentii, ATCC 20920.... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5153121 | Microbial method for producing lignin peroxidase Method for producing lignin-peroxydase from the fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. The method comprises a first step of culture wherein the phospholipids and the emulsified fatty acids are added to the culture medium; a second step during which veratryli... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5149648 | Enzymes employed for producing pulps According to this invention, pulps can be produced in high yields while saving energy by previously fiberizing wood chips used as the original material and then treating with a microorganism having a high lignin-degrading activity and a low fiber-degradin... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5149641 | Process for producing mevalonic acid According to the present invention, mevalonic acid can be produced in such a high yield as to be available on an industrial scale by culturing specified microorganism(s) such as Saccharomycopsis fibuligera IFO 0107 and then collecting mevalonic acid from ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5149640 | Method for producing galactose transfer products A galactose transfer product is prepared by a process of allowing a microorganism capable of producing a galactose transfer product of the formula: (Gal)n --R, wherein Gal represents a galactose residue, n represents an integer of 1 to 4 and R ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5149646 | Process for isolating galactose oxidase A method of isolating and purifying galactose oxidase from a fungus media is disclosed. The supernatant liquid from the fermentation broth is subjected to ultrafiltration and then separated on a carboxy-sulfon cation exchange column using high performance... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5137813 | Process for production of an antibiotic compound using Zalerion arboricola A process for producing an antibiotic compound which is normally one of several minor components in the cultivation of Z. arboricola ATCC 20868 to be the primary product is described.... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5137826 | Morchella rotunda sp. useful for producing natural blue pigment A novel mutant strain of Morel mushroom has been found to produce the blue pigment indigo by submerged nutrient culture medium containing a carbon and a fermentation in a nitrogen substrate. A red/purple pigment is also produced. The novel strain is Morch... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5133962 | Method of controlling coleopteran insects with Bacillus thuringiensis A novel B.t. toxin gene encoding a protein toxic to coleopteran insects has been cloned from a novel coleopteran-active B. thuringiensis microbe. The DNA encoding the B.t. toxin can be used to transform various prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes to expre... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5132218 | Hybrid plasmids and microorganisms containing them The present invention relates to new hybrid plasmids useful as vectors in recombinant DNA technology, in which Acremonium chrysogenum or Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used as a host, and to microorganisms bearing the hybrid plasmids. partially digesting a c... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5132213 | Method for producing proteins and polypeptides using ubiquitin fusions A method of designing or modifying protein structure at the protein or genetic level to produce specified amino-termini in vivo is described. The method is used to alter the metabolic stability and other properties of the protein or, alternatively, to art... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5128261 | Natural delta-lactones and process of the production thereof The present invention concerns natural 5-decanolide and 5-dodecanolide, obtainable by biocatalytic reduction of natural 2-decen-5-olide, respectively 2-dodecen-5-olide, as well as the production of natural 5-decanolide and 5-dodecanolide by biocatalytic r... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5128253 | Bioconversion process for the production of vanillin The present invention is directed to a process for the production of vanillin through the bioconversion of a vanillin precursor with a ferulic acid degrading microorganism in the presence of a water soluble sulfhydryl compound and optionally, also in the ... | 07/07/1992 |
