Class 435/837 - Bacillus megaterium

Subclass of Class 435 - Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
No. of patents: 34
Last issue date: 12/11/2001

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6329011	Antimicrobial agent against acid-resistant and heat-resistant bacteria An antimicrobial agent with a high degree of safety is provided, which is derived from a natural product and can exhibit growth-inhibitory activity against acid-resistant and heat-resistant bacteria such as Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris, which is resis...	12/11/2001
6165740	Method and device for flow-cytometric microorganism analysis To reduce the effects of the contaminants in the measurement of microorganisms and the reduction of the time necessary for the measurement. Measurement is performed of the microorganism prior to and following culture, and the difference between the two is...	12/26/2000
5968788	Method for producing folic acid Disclosed is a method for producing folic acid, comprising incubating yeast having the ability to produce folic acid of 0.3 mg or more or incubating bacteria having the ability to produce folic acid of 1 mg or more per liter of the culture, thereby accumu...	10/19/1999
5837482	Culture medium and methods for detecting staphylococci A medium for detecting staphylococci is described. The medium contains components selective for growing staphylococci, and a glucopyranoside indicator substance in sufficient quantity to distinguish colonies containing Bacillus and other microorganisms fr...	11/17/1998
5837527	ଲ-fructofuranosidase its preparation and uses A ଲ-fructofuranosidase with a molecular weight of 49,000&#b1;5,000 daltons on SDS-PAGE, an isoelectric point of 4.6&#b1;0.5, an optimum pH of about 5.5-6.0, and an optimum temperature of about 50° C. in the presence of calcium ion. The enzyme acts ...	11/17/1998
5792622	Assay for chemicals A microbiological assay for chemicals, which uses a cell and a reducing dye to quantitatively measure inhibition of electron transport in the cell membrane as a function of chemicals in the substance being tested, is disclosed. This assay and method is re...	08/11/1998
5744516	Biodegradable resin molded article A biodegradable resin molded article molded from a kneaded material obtained by kneading, melting or mixing a biodegradable resin raw material and at least one of a biodegradable additive and an additive made of a substance existing in the nature, an inje...	04/28/1998
5614375	Method and test kit for the rapid detection of biotoxic contaminants The invention provides a method for the rapid detection of biotoxic contaants in a test material comprising combining a sample of the test material with activated spores essentially devoid of detectable enzymatic activity, which activity becomes manifest...	03/25/1997
5403583	Bacillus megetarium ATCC 55000 and method of use thereof to control R. solani The present invention relates to bacteria which can be used as biological control agents for soybean diseases such as those caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani. These biological control agents are specific strains of Bacillus megaterium and can also b...	04/04/1995
5053328	Process for the fermentative preparation of L-amino acids from ଱-keto carboxylic acids The preparation of an L-amino acid, particularly valine, leucine, isoleucine, alanine and phenylalanine, from the corresponding ଱-keto carboxylic acid by bacterial fermentation in the presence of ammonium ions is carried out with the aid of thermoph...	10/01/1991
4935359	Fermentation process Disclosed is a fermentation process for the conversion of L-sorbose to 2-keto-L-gulonic acid, which is characterized in that a mixed culture of microorganisms is used, which comprises Gluconobacter oxydans and Bacillus megaterium....	06/19/1990
4904585	Novel antibiotic NK84-0218 and process for the production of the same This invention relates to a novel antibiotic NK84-0218 of the formula: ##STR1## which exhibits antibacterial, antiviral and antineo-plastic activities and is expected as a pharmaceutical as well as a process for the production of the same....	02/27/1990
4665024	Fluorescent gram stain A method to determine the Gram sign of microorganisms includes staining the microorganisms with a plurality of fluorescent dyes, applying excitation energy to the stained microorganisms, and observing the color of the fluorescence emission of the stained ...	05/12/1987
4650757	Process of enzymatic conversion of polysaccharides Enzymatic conversion of polysaccharides to monosaccharides or lower molecular weight polysaccharides is carried out by means of an enzyme derived from B. megaterium which exhibits alpha-amylase activity....	03/17/1987
4640767	Hydrocarbon extraction agents and microbiological processes for their production Materials of particular utility in separating hydrocarbon values from mineral deposits, e.g. bitumen from tar sands, are prepared by a microbiological fermentation process using certain selected microorganisms. The fermentation process is conducted under ...	02/03/1987
4578354	Immobilization of catalytically active microorganisms in agar gel fibers A process for immobilizing enzyme-containing microbial cells by contacting such cells with an aqueous agar solution containing from about 1.0 to 8.0% sulfate moiety on a weight/weight basis, contacting a solution of inorganic sodium salts with a stream of...	03/25/1986
4554250	Method of increased production of penicillin acylase and plasmid employed therein A method is provided for enhancing penicillin acylase production wherein a Bacillus subtilis plasmid containing an insert of a chromosomal DNA fragment of Bacillus megaterium which includes the appropriate gene for enhancing penicillin acylase production ...	11/19/1985
4542098	Production of glucose dehydrogenase and use of the resultant enzyme in the enzymatic synthesis of L-carnitine A process for producing glucose dehydrogenase consists of cultivating a mutant strain (ATCC 39 118) of Bacillus megaterium in a culture medium and recovering the resultant glucose dehydrogenase. The latter can be used in the enzymatic production of L-carn...	09/17/1985
4427771	Assay method for amylase activity and method of producing maltose dehydrogenase for use therein An assay method for amylase activity in a biological specimen such as serum, saliva or urine. The enzyme amylase in the specimen is used to decompose a substrate which is a glucose polymer having a modified reducing terminal glucose residue or a cyclic gl...	01/24/1984
4350770	Microbiological process for removing oleaginous material from wastewater and microbiological combination capable of same A process for removing oleaginous materials containing those of animal origin from wastewater comprising treating wastewater containing oleaginous material with a microbial combination of: (a) a microorganism of the strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutant SGRR	09/21/1982
4288545	Microbiological process for removing oleaginous material from wastewater and microbiological combination capable of same A process for removing oleaginous materials containing those of animal origin from wastewater comprising treating wastewater containing oleaginous material with a microbial combination of: (a) a microorganism of the strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutant SGRR	09/08/1981
4254227	Processes for producing syrups of syrup solids containing fructose-terminated oligosaccharides The present invention relates to processes for producing syrups or syrup solids containing fructose-terminated oligosaccharides, characterized by subjecting a mixture containing liquefied starch and either fructose or sucrose to the action of immobilized ...	03/03/1981
4225672	Method for producing maltooligosaccharide glycosides Disclosed herein is a method for producing maltooligosaccharide glycosides in substantially pure form which includes the steps of incubating a glucosyl donor and a glucosyl acceptor in the presence of a glucanotransferase enzyme under transglycosylating c...	09/30/1980
4211846	Processes for the manufacture of D(-)-3-hydroxybutyric acid and D(-)-3-hydroxybutyric acid producing mutants The invention relates to a process of manufacturing D(-)-3-hydroxybutyric acid by breeding microorganisms capable of producing said acid in a nutrient medium containing certain specific carbon source; bacterial strains especially suitable in carrying out ...	07/08/1980
4204042	Method of gasifying and agitating a fermentation culture The invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for enabling a micro-organism culture to be gasified and agitated so as to accelerate its growth. The culture is contained in a fermenter which comprises two containers C1 and C2 ...	05/20/1980
4204044	Process for the manufacture of optically active ଱-hydroxycarboxylic acids The present invention is concerned with a process for the manufacture of optically active ଱-hydroxycarboxylic acids, especially a process for the manufacture of optically pure D- or L-଱-hydroxycarboxylic acids....	05/20/1980
4166767	Insolubilized antibody An insolubilized antibody suitable for an enzyme immuno assay or radio immuno assay, which has characteristic infrared absorptions at around 1,040 cm-1, 1,540 cm-1 and 1,640 cm-1 and is prepared by chemically binding an an...	09/04/1979
4119493	Process for producing a peptide A peptide having the formula wherein A and B are the same or different and represent an amino acid residue or a peptide residue; X represents an amino protective group and Y represents a carboxyl protective group, is prepared by reacting an amino acid or ...	10/10/1978
4101533	Cyclic carbonic acid esters as solvents for poly-(ଲ-hydroxybutyric acid The use of cyclic carbonic acid esters of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen or alkyl with 1 to 6 C-atoms, as a solvent for racemic or opticall...	07/18/1978
4071411	Antitumor antibiotics aclacinomycins A and B [RD-9187A] New antitumor agents named aclacinomycins A and B, which are anthracycline glycosides and inhibit the growth of various microorganisms e.g., Staphylococcus aureus, Micrococcus flavus, Corynebacterium bovis and inhibit the growth of animal tumors such as l...	01/31/1978
4032403	Process for the production of saccharified starch products wherein maltose is the predominant constituent A process for the production of saccharified starch products in which maltose is the predominant constituent characterized by subjecting a starch hydrolysate simultaneously or successively to the action of an enzyme(s) with a maltotriose-decomposing activ...	06/28/1977
4018650	Method of production and recovery of protein from food wastes A method of production and recovery of protein from food wastes according to which a medium composed of various combined food wastes and containing both a protein source (such as collagen) and a carbohydrate source (such as starch) is modified by the acti...	04/19/1977
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
3933591	Process for preparing intracellular substances of microbial origin Intracellular substances of microbial origin are prepared by culturing a microorganism in a suitable nutrient medium therefor in the presence of at least one antibiotic in sufficient amount to weaken the walls of the microorganism cells but insufficient t...	01/20/1976

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