Class 435/257.3 - Chlorella

Subclass of Class 435 - Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Definition: Subject matter wherein the algae is a species of Chlorella.
No. of patents: 38
Last issue date: 02/28/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8124400	Production of branched-chain alcohols by photosynthetic microorganisms The present invention provides genes, polypeptides and expression constructs therefor, recombinant photosynthetic microorganisms, and method of use thereof, such as for the production of branched-chain alcohols (including 2-methyl-1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, and ...	02/28/2012
7326558	Process for treating spirulina The treatment of spirulina by a process which includes placing spirulina that has not been previously heat-sterilized, lactic acid bacteria and sugar in water, then culturing the lactic acid bacteria provides treated spirulina in which the distinctive taste and odor...	02/05/2008
7063957	Methods for production of astaxanthin from the green microalgae in dark-heterotrophic cultures A method for producing the high-value ketocarotenoid astaxanthin by the green microalga Chlorella zofingiensis in dark-heterotrophic cultures shows excellent growth and high-yield astaxanthin production on glucose-supplemented media in the dark. The specific ...	06/20/2006
6977076	Methods for obtaining from Chlorella extract polysaccharides having immunomodulating properties Chlorella extracts containing high molecular weight Chlorella polysaccharide and polysaccharide complexes show immune modulatory, specifically immune stimulatory, activity. The polysaccharide and polysaccharide complexes contain glucose and any combina...	12/20/2005
6974576	Chlorella composition having high molecular weight polysaccharides and polysaccharide complexes Chlorella extracts containing high molecular weight Chlorella polysaccharide and polysaccharide complexes show immune modulatory, specifically immune stimulatory, activity. The polysaccharide and polysaccharide complexes contain glucose and any combina...	12/13/2005
6875604	Thermal cycling device with mechanism for ejecting sample well trays A thermal cycling device for biological samples. The thermal cycling device may include a sample block, an annular plate, and a plurality of spring devices interposed between the sample block and the annular plate. The sample block has a plurality of openings for re...	04/05/2005
6872516	Methods of producing carbon-13 labeled biomass A method and apparatus for preparing uniform carbon-13 labeled biomass using a water soluble carbon-13 labeled carbon source, such as a [13C]-bicarbonate or [13C]-carbonate salt, is disclosed. The biomass is prepared in one or more sterile carb...	03/29/2005
6812009	DHA-containing nutritional compositions and methods for their production This invention provides a particulate material suitable for use as a nutritional supplement, particularly as an aquaculture feed. The particulate material has a high proportion of DHA residues in the lipid fraction, which may be up to 35% of the material, or even mo...	11/02/2004
6579714	Method of culturing algae capable of producing phototrophic pigments, highly unsaturated fatty acids, or polysaccharides at high concentration The present invention relates to a method for cultivation and manufacturing efficiently algae containing useful substances in cells thereof in a high concentration. According to conventional cultivation apparatus, shear stress applied to algae causes diff...	06/17/2003
6551596	Fractions of Chlorella extract containing polysaccharide having immunomodulating properties Chlorella fractionated extracts containing high molecular weight Chlorella polysaccharide and polysaccharide complexes show immune modulatory, specifically immune stimulatory activity. The fractionated extracts are obtained by size fractionation of an ext...	04/22/2003
6475754	Polynucleotides encoding Bordatella bronchiseptica fimbrial proteins (FimN), vectors, and expression systems therefor In one aspect, the subject invention concerns the cloning and characterization of a previously unidentified gene, provisionally named fim N, encoding a fimbrial protein that is putatively involved in the attachment of B. bronchiseptica to respiratory epit...	11/05/2002
6465240	Method for treating a waste stream using photosynthetic microorganisms A method is provided for treating a waste stream by contacting the waste stream sequentially with a consortium of prokaryotic microorganisms, preferably purple non-sulfur bacteria, followed by a the green algae Chlorella. The consortium of prokaryotic mic...	10/15/2002
6425769	Tissue-derived tumor growth inhibitors, methods of preparation and uses thereof The invention provides a recombinant nucleic acid vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide of 112 amino acids having the amino acid sequence shown in FIG. 29 beginning with alanine at position 1 and ending with serine at position 112. The s...	07/30/2002
6413739	AMPA-binding human GLuR3 receptors Described herein are isolated polynucleotides which code for a family of AMPA-type human CNS receptors. The receptors are characterized structurally and the construction and use of cell lines expressing these receptors are disclosed....	07/02/2002
6281009	Use of a non-mammalian DNA virus to express an exogenous gene in a mammalian cell Disclosed are methods, nucleic acids, and cells for expressing an exogenous gene in a mammalian cell, involving introducing into the cell a non-mammalian DNA virus (e.g., a baculovirus) whose genome carries an exogenous gene, and growing the cell under co...	08/28/2001
6255088	Enzymatic sulfation of biomolecules Enzymatic sulfations of biomolecules catalyzed by 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) dependent sulfotransferases are enhanced by coupling the sulfation reaction an enzymatic regeneration of PAPS. The PAPS is enzymatically regenerated from its hy...	07/03/2001
6207438	Method for preparing a product in particular for preventing and curing skin diseases, and resulting product The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a product and to the product itself to prevent and care for skin disorders. The process includes using a natural sodium alginate extract, and the submission of this extract to at least on depolymer...	03/27/2001
6103495	Direct expression of peptides into culture media Expression systems are disclosed for the direct expression of peptide products into the culture media where genetically engineered host cells are grown. High yield was achieved with novel vectors, a special selection of hosts, and/or fermentation processe...	08/15/2000
6020156	Method and system for biosynthesizing a desired biologically useful macromolecule in a chlorella cell and for controlling biosynthesis thereof Biosynthesis of a desired macromolecule includes inserting a promoter that encodes for an endogenously produced inducible macromolecule in a Chlorella cell into a DNA vector to form a first recombinant DNA vector. A cDNA sequence that encodes for the desi...	02/01/2000
5981271	Process of outdoor thin-layer cultivation of microalgae and blue-green algae and bioreactor for performing the process Process of outdoor thin-layer cultivation of algae in which suspension of algae saturated with carbon dioxide and enriched with necessary nutrients, is distributed on inclined cultivation areas where the suspension of algae is distributed on inclined cult...	11/09/1999
5976836	Methods and compositions for enhancing erythromycin production The present invention provides isolated and purified polypeptides that increase antibiotic production, polynucleotides that encode those polypeptides, expression vectors containing those polynucleotides, host cells transformed with those expression vector...	11/02/1999
5925559	Phagemids and process of preparation The invention concerns a collection of phagemids made up of a promotor, a gene of a fusion between a ligand protein, wherein the ligand protein in its processed state would be of from 40 to 60 amino acid residues, and a bacteriophage protein, at least one...	07/20/1999
5849898	CD40 coding sequences A simple and highly efficient method for cloning cDNAs from mammalian expression libraries based on transient expression in mammalian host cells has been discovered. The present invention specifically provides the CD40 cDNA sequence....	12/15/1998
5847093	Human apoptosis regulator The present invention provides a human apoptosis regulator protein (APRG) and polynucleotides which identify and encode APRG. The invention also provides genetically engineered expression vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences encodi...	12/08/1998
5837509	Recombinant lactic acid bacterium containing an inserted promoter and method of constructing same A method of isolating a lactic acid bacterial DNA fragment comprising a promoter, the method comprising introducing a DNA molecule comprising a transposable element comprising a promoterless structural gene as a promoter probe gene into a population of a ...	11/17/1998
5792631	Microbial process for the production of ascorbic acid using Chlorella protothecoides The present invention is directed to methods for the production of ascorbic acid by culturing organisms of the species C. protothecoides and recovering ascorbic acid from the fermentation medium....	08/11/1998
5739011	DNA for the production of multimeric hemoglobins DNA molecules which encode pseudodimeric globin-like polypeptides with an asymmetric cysteine mutation suitable for crosslinking two tetramers, or which encode pseudooligomeric globin-like polypeptides comprising four or more globin-like domains, are usef...	04/14/1998
5593869	Method of manufacturing sugars by trehalase Novel trehalase having the properties that it hydrolyzes ଱,଱'-trehalose, 2,2'-dideoxy-଱,଱'-trehalose and 2-deoxy-଱,଱'-trehalose into the respective constituting sugars while it does not act on neotrehalose, lactose, mal...	01/14/1997
5541056	Method of control of microorganism growth process A control method for operating aqueous microorganism growth processes is disclosed which can maintain viable growth conditions for many types of microorganisms which have heretofore not been easily reproduced in commercially valuable quantities. The prima...	07/30/1996
5529927	"Alga species lobsphaera TM-33 (ATCC 75630) which is useful for preparing trehalase" Novel trehalase having the properties that it hydrolyzes ଱,଱'-trehalose, 2,2'-dideoxy-଱,଱'-trehalose and 2-deoxy-଱,଱'-trehalose into the respective constituting sugars while it does not act on neotrehalose, lactose, mal...	06/25/1996
5521090	L-ascorbic acid containing biomass of chlorella pyrenoidosa Microalgal biomass that comprises cells of Chlorella pyrenoidosa which contain greater than 2.0% by dry weight of L-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), microorganisms and processes that form the biomass, and L-ascorbic acid enhanced animal feed compositions that c...	05/28/1996
5077202	Process for producing a glycolipid having a high eicosapentaenoic acid content A process for producing a glycolipid having a high eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) content is provided, which process comprises fractionating the whole lipids of marine chlorella by means of a combination of solvent-fractionation with column chromatography, w...	12/31/1991
5001059	L-ascorbic acid production in microorganisms Improved production of ascorbic acid is obtained empolying Chlorella as a microorganism source and growing the culture under a controlled pattern of carbon source supply. Greatly improved ratios of ascorbic acid to total carbon supplied as well as enhance...	03/19/1991
4774186	Microbial compositions and methods for treating soil Microbiol compositions for uniform application to dry soil to provide a cover crop and to improve soil aggregation are disclosed. The compositions comprise flocculant-producing photosynthetic microorganisms, especially algae, in a dormant or resting stage...	09/27/1988
4500641	Flow cytometer for identifying algae by chlorophyll fluorescence Identification of algae in water samples is carried out with a flow cytometer having at least one high intensity light source to provide a light path such as a laser, means for passing the algae through the light path and a system of detectors arranged to...	02/19/1985
4292408	Mass and a method of preparing same of living cells of organisms for adsorbing metal ions from a physiological solution, and employment of the mass for enriching metals A mass, and method of preparing such mass, and using the same for adsorbing metal ions from a physiological solution by means of living cells suspended in the solution. The cells suspended in the solution at a density of up to 20% by weight are exposed to...	09/29/1981
4084346	Method and arrangement for optimally supplying autotrophic organisms with CO₂ nutrient A method is provided for optimally supplying autotrophic organisms with CO2 nutrient, the requirement for the nutrient fluctuating in dependence on growth and thus on the incident light, temperature and the density of the organisms. The pH in a...	04/18/1978
4041640	Chlorella-culturing apparatus A chlorella-culturing apparatus comprises a rotatable arm body fitted with a stirring mechanism for forcefully producing stirring streams by stirring blades and scraping mechanism. The scraping mechanism is so mounted on the rotatable arm body as to slide...	08/16/1977

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