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Class 435/913 - Aspergillus


Subclass of Class 435 - Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
No. of patents: 111
Last issue date: 06/20/2006


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NumberTitleIssue Date
7063976Process for preparing beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme and a process for producing fructooligosaccharides
A process for preparing beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme and a process for producing fructooligosaccharides, in which the preparation of the enzyme is obtained by cultivating the fungus Aspergillus niger, either wild or mutated, in a preferably semi-solid cultu...
06/20/2006
6858405Process for producing protein hydrolyzate
The present invention relates to a method which can prevent browning of hydrolyzed protein obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis of vegetable protein material. A vegetable protein material containing saccharides is mixed with the fungal culture and is subjected to...
02/22/2005
6734004Modified phytases
A process for the production of a modified phytase with a desired property improved over the property of the corresponding unmodified phytase is disclosed, as well as modified phytases, polynucleotides encoding modified phytases, and animal feed including modified p...
05/11/2004
6537798Liquid fuel-reforming process
A process for reforming oil fuel comprises the steps of contacting oil fuel with activated aspergillus fungi for a certain period and then mixing the resulting oil fuel with unreformed oil fuel. The reformed oil fuel may be treated with a magnetic catalys...
03/25/2003
6426202Nystatin-resistant Aspergillus terreus CLS 247-13, KCTC 0673BP for preparing triol heptanoic acid employing the same
A nystatin-resistant mutant microorganism belonging to Aspegillus genus is provided for preparing triol heptanoic acid, a precursor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitor. A mutant Aspergillus terreus CLS247-13, KCTC 0673 BP is prepared by ...
07/30/2002
6387652Method of identifying and quantifying specific fungi and bacteria
Fungi and bacteria can be detected and rapidly quantified by using the nucleotide sequences taught here that are specific to the particular species or group of species of fungi or bacteria. Use of the sequences can be made with fluorescent labeled probes,...
05/14/2002
6361979Microbial conversion of 2-methylquinoxaline
The present invention relates to processes for the microbial oxidation of 2-methylquinoxaline to 2-quinoxalinecarboxylic acid which comprise contacting 2-methylquinoxaline with a microorganism, or a suitable mutant thereof, and incubating the resulting mi...
03/26/2002
6291231Microorganism producing terphenyl compounds
The present invention is a microorganism which is Aspergillus candidus RF-5762 (FERM BP-5882), wherein said microorganism is capable of producing a compound of the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 is hydrogen or hydroxy and R2
09/18/2001
6139902Phytase and gene encoding said phytase
This invention relates to an inexpensive phytase with a low Km value for phytic acid, DNA coding for the phytase, recombinant DNA having the DNA introduced thereinto, a transformant carrying the recombinant DNA, a process for preparing a phytase by use of...
10/31/2000
6140094Protein with phospholipase activity
This invention relates to a protein having phospholipase activity, which is characterised in that it has the mature sequence of Aspergillus lysophospholipase or a sequence derived therefrom and that it may be cleaved at at least one site, wherein, in the ...
10/31/2000
6121025Process for producing optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivatives
The present invention relates to a process for producing optically active 3-quinuclidinol or derivatives, wherein a racemic 3-quinuclidinol ester represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a straight-chain or branched alkyl...
09/19/2000
6110520Process for preparing GAMM-hexalactone, products produced therefrom dan organoleptic uses of said products
A process for producing high yields of γ-hexalactone and 2-pentanone from the corresponding hexanoic acid starting material is carried out with high amounts of oxygen and sugar in the presence of a mold microorganism. Fragrance compositions and foodstuff...
08/29/2000
6087540Terphenyl compounds and medicines containing the same
The present invention provides a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 is hydrogen or hydroxy and R2 is hydroxy or methoxy, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates thereof, a process for producing the same, a ph...
07/11/2000
6027724Non-toxigenic strain of Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus sojae for biocontrol of toxigenic fungi
Non-toxigenic strains of Aspergillus such as from the species Aspirgillus oryzae and Aspergillus sojae are useful fungal biocontrol agents for preventing toxin contamination in agricultural commodities, especially those for human consumption such as peanu...
02/22/2000
6020184Polyorganosiloxane biodegradation method using a microscopic fungus and screening method
A biodegradation method for polyorganosiloxanes (POS), particularly polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS), includes contacting the POS with one or more microscopic fungi, preferably in the presence of at least one co-substrate, said fungus being selected from the ...
02/01/2000
6001640Vegetable oil enzymatic degumming process by means of aspergillus phospholipase
A degumming step in the production of edible oils is disclosed. Vegetable oils from which hydratable phosphatides have preferably been eliminated by a previous aqueous degumming process, are freed from non-hydratable phosphatides by an enzymatic treatment...
12/14/1999
5989870Method for cloning active promoters
A method is described for the identification and cloning of promoters that express under a defined environmental condition, such as growth in glucose medium. Using this method, five Trichodermal promoters capable of the high expression of operably linked ...
11/23/1999
5976855Method of preparing a variant of a lipolytic enzyme
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a variant of a parent lipolytic enzyme, comprising (a) subjecting a DNA sequence encoding the parent lipolytic enzyme to random mutagenesis, (b) expressing the mutated DNA sequence obtained in step (a...
11/02/1999
5925551Aspergillus genus showing resistance to cerulenin and L-methionine analogue and a process for preparing mevinolinic acid therefrom
The present invention relates to a novel mutant of Aspergillus terreus which shows a resistance to both cerulenin and L-methionine analogue, and a process for preparing mevinolinic acid which comprises aerobic culture of the mutant strain and recovery of ...
07/20/1999
5919672Resolution of trans-2-(alkoxycarbonylethyl)-lactams useful in the synthesis of 1-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-3(R)-›(S)-hydroxy-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-propyl!-4(S)-(4 -hydroxyphenyl)-2-azetidinone
A process for the microbiological or enzymatic hydrolytic resolution of racemic trans-2-(alkoxycarbonylethyl) lactams of the formula I: ##STR1## wherein R is C1 -C7 alkyl, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl or methoxyethoxyethyl and R1
07/06/1999
5900368Process for bioreduction of bisaryl ketone to bisaryl alcohol
The present invention is directed to an improved process for making PDE IV inhibitors. In specific, this application describes a process for making and purifying a chiral bisaryl alcohol, an intermediate compound necessary for the preparation of PDE IV in...
05/04/1999
5849559Arabinoxylan degrading enzymes
Methods and expression constructs are provided for the cloning and overexpression of an arabinoxylan degrading enzyme of fungal origin in a selected microbial host cell. The enzyme is shown to be active in the degradation of water-insoluble solids obtaine...
12/15/1998
5817490Enzymatic process for the manufacture of ascorbic acid 2-keto-L-gulonic acid and esters of 2-keto-L-gulonic acid
The present invention is directed toward efficient, high-yield processes for making ascorbic acid, 2-keto-L-gulonic acid, and esters of 2-keto-L-gulonic acid. The processes comprise reacting the appropriate starting materials with a hydrolase enzyme catal...
10/06/1998
5807721Compound FO-1289, process of production with aspergillus and strain
A FO-1289 substance of the formula ##STR1## wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are hydrogen or acyl. A process for the production thereof comprises culturing the novel microorganism Aspergillus sp. FO-1289 FERM BP-4...
09/15/1998
5717070Filamentous fungus proteins for binding and transporting lipids, method for preparing them and their applications
The present invention is directed to a family of phospholipid binding and transporting proteins, a method for preparing same from fungi, and their use in cosmeticology, the agri-foodstuffs industry and pharmacology Phospholipid proteins are capable of bin...
02/10/1998
5707802Nucleic acid probes for the detection and identification of fungi
Nucleic acid probes and primers are described for detecting fungi that cause disease in humans and animals, as well as spoilage of food and beverages. These probes can detect rRNA, rDNA or polymerase chain reaction products from a majority of fungi in cli...
01/13/1998
5695974Process for production of carane-3,4-diol
There is provided a process for production of carane-3,4-diol which includes contacting a culture of filamentous fungus having an ability to produce carane-3,4-diol from 3-carene or 3,4-epoxycarane, cells collected from the culture or treated cells with 3...
12/09/1997
5688674Continuous fermentation process for the production of metabolities using a moving filter
A metabolite, e.g., ethanol, is continuously produced from low cost carbohydrate substrates by a process which comprises pulverizing the carbohydrate substrate; liquefying and saccharifying the pulverized substrate; continuously fermenting the lique-sacch...
11/18/1997
5637485Production of itaconic acid by fermentation
Itaconic acid and/or salt thereof is produced via aerobic microbial fermentation, for example by means of the species Aspergillus terreus or Aspergillus itaconicus, of a nutrient medium containing a source of assimilable carbon, such carbon source at leas...
06/10/1997
5474922ଲ-1,4-galactanase and a DNA sequence
The present invention relates to ଲ-1,4-galactanase derived from A. aculeatus which have (a) a pH-optimum between 3.0 and 5.0, (b) an isoelectric point of 2.5-3.5, (c) a molecular weight of between 30,000 and 50,000, and (d) a temperature optimum bet...
12/12/1995
5457040Production of itaconic acid by fermentation
Itaconic acid and/or salt thereof is produced via aerobic microbial fermentation, for example by means of the species Aspergillus terreus or Aspergillus itaconicus, of a nutrient medium containing a source of assimilable carbon, such carbon source at leas...
10/10/1995
5432161Crystalline 2-O-଱-d-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid, and its preparation and uses
2-O-଱-D-Glucopyranosyl-L-ascrobic acid is crystallizable in its supersaturated solution. Crystalline 2-O-଱-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid is substantially nonhygroscopic, free flowing, free of deliquescence, consolidation and direct red...
07/11/1995
5415735Recovery of organic substances dissolved in mechanical pulp
This invention relates to a method for the recovery of organic substances dissolved or brought into a colloid form during the manufacture of a mechanical pulp where said mechanical pulp has not been subject to previous alkaline bleaching or other previous...
05/16/1995
5362638Fungal strains and use thereof in antibiotic production
Lovastatin is produced by a process of fermentation using a fungal transformant produced by introducing into a non-lovastatin expressing Aspergillus strain such as a strain of Aspergillus oryzae the DNA of a lovastatin-expressing strain of Aspergillus ter...
11/08/1994
5360724Process for the preparation of chiral 1-aryl-2-aminopropanes
One chiral form of a 1-aryl-2-aminopropane is produced in preference to its enantiomer by allowing a 1-arylpropan-2-one to react with a 1-amino-1-phenylethane of predominantly one chiral form and reducing the resultant 1-(1-arylprop-2-ylideneimino)-1-phen...
11/01/1994
5334516Production method of branched fructooligosaccharides
This invention relates to a method for production on an industrial scale of the branched fructooligosaccharide indicated by the general structural formula below using microorganisms or an enzyme produced by microorganisms which belong to the genus Aspergi...
08/02/1994
5318895Aspergillus niger mutants
Disclosed are new Aspergillus niger mutants which can be used for identifying active FK-506/ rapamycin type, or cyclosporin A type inununosuppressants in a broth, natural product extract, or composition exhibiting inununosuppressant activity. Specifically...
06/07/1994
5314807Method for producing an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor-containing composition
A method of producing an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor-containing composition, which is of value as an antihypertensive agent or diet, from natural resources. According to the method, proteins are hydrolyzed with a protease elaborated by a micro...
05/24/1994
5250435Mutant strains of Aspergillus terreus for producing 7-[1,2,6,7,8,8a(R)-hexa-hydro-2(S),6(R)-dimethyl-8(S)-hydroxy-1(S)-napht hyl]-3(R),5(R)-dihydroxyheptanoic acid (triol acid),I)
Novel strains of Aspergillus terreus have been discovered which provide fermentation production of at least 5.2 g/L of 7-[1,2,6,7,8,8a(R)-hexahydro-2(S),6(R)-dimethyl-8(S)-hydroxy-1(S)-naphthyl ]-3(R),5(R)-dihydroxyheptanoic acid (triol acid, I), but with ...
10/05/1993
5244795Processes for preparing cholesterol lowering compounds
This invention relates to processes employing cultures which are useful for preparing compounds of structural formula (I). ##STR1##...
09/14/1993
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