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Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7049109 | Method of producing 1,2-propanediol using A method of producing 1,2-propandiol is provided. The method includes incubating Klebsiella pneumoniae in a medium containing 10–30 g/L of a sugar carbon source excluding 6-deoxyhexose, in aerobic conditions; and separating 1,2-propandiol from the cultures.... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045340 | Bacterial composition, method and installation for the pre-treating effluents loaded with organic fatty substances A bacterial composition, a process and a facility for the pre-treatment of effluent rich in organic fats of animal or vegetable origin. The bacterial composition principally is the bacterial strain Klebsiella oxytoca. The process consists of supplying a homog... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6682912 | L-glutamic acid-producing bacterium and method for producing L-glutamic acid A method for producing L-glutamic acid which comprises culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Klebsiella, Erwinia or Pantoea and having an ability to produce L-glutamic acid in a culture medium, and collecting produced L-glutamic acid from the c... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6197559 | L-glutamic acid-producing bacterium and method for producing L-glutamic acid A method for producing L-glutamic acid which comprises culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Klebsiella, Erwinia or Pantoea and having an ability to produce L-glutamic acid in a culture medium, and collecting produced L-glutamic acid from the c... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5989874 | Humectant, antistatic agent, dispersant and film-forming agent having polysaccharide as active principle, preparation process of polysaccharides, and Kliebsiella ocytoca TNM-3 strain The disclosure describes a humectant, antistatic agent, film-forming agent or dispersant comprising an effective amount of a polysaccharide produced by two strains of Kliebsiella composed of D-glucuronic acid, L-rhamnose, D-galactose and D-glucose in a mo... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5750363 | Method for determining the antimicrobial agent sensitivity of a nonparaffinophilic microorganism and an associated apparatus A method for determining the sensitivity of at least one nonparaffinophilic microorganism from a specimen obtained from a patient to an antimicrobial agent. The method includes providing at least one receptacle containing an aqueous solution that does not... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5622846 | Biotechnological process for the preparation of cyclic-s--imino carboxylic acids and r--imino carboxamides Microorganisms of interest are capable of utilizing -imino carboxamides, in the form of the racemate or of its optically active isomers, of the general formula ##STR1## wherein A together with --NH-- and --CH-- is an optionally substituted 5- ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5616496 | Bacterial cell tranformants for production of cis, cis-muconic acid and catechol A heterologous cell transformant is provided that biocatalytically converts a carbon source to catechol and cis, cis muconic acid. The cell transformant expresses heterologous genes encoding the enzymes 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase, protocatechuate deca... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5563049 | 2',3'-dideoxy purine nucleosides and process for the preparation thereof 2',3'-Dideoxy purine nucleosides represented by following general formulae [I] and/or [II] ##STR1## (wherein X and Y indicate nitrogen atoms or carbon atoms and R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 indicate eac... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5487989 | Ethanol production by recombinant hosts Novel plasmids comprising genes which code for the alcohol dehydrogenase and pyruvate decarboxylase are described. Also described are recombinant hosts which have been transformed with genes coding for alcohol dehydrogenase and pyruvate. By virtue of thei... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5476656 | Substance BS-3 Substance BS-3, a polysaccharide, produced by a microorganism belonging to the genus Klebsiella is disclosed, BS-3 having the following properties: main constituting sugar: rhamnose, galactose, glucose, and glucuronic acid; white to pale brown powder; eas... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5429935 | 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... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5426042 | Klebsella oxytoca ferm BP-I/3616 and immobilization thereof with a gelating agent in pores of a membrane A BOD analyzer is prepared having a microbe sensor containing an oxygen electrode and a microbe membrane. The microbe membrane is made by immobilizing microorganisms belonging to the genus Klebsiella in the membrane. Specifically, the BOD analyzer has a f... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5424287 | Extract of bacterial macromolecules, a process for its preparation and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same An extract based on modified bacterial proteins includes a mixture of acid bacterial polyanions having a molecular weight in the range from 10,000 to 1,000,000 and an isoelectric point in the range from 2.5 to 5.5, and in which the added weights of the co... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5360718 | Diagnosis of Candida vaginitis by detecting D-arabinitol in vaginal fluid A method for the presumptive detection of Candida in vaginal fluid, thereby providing an aid to the diagnosis of Candida vaginosis. A sample of vaginal fluid is combined with a test composition comprising an indicator system that provides a chromogenic re... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5356792 | Biochemical oxygen demand analyzer and methods of analysis using Klebsiella microorganisms The present invention relates to a BOD analyzer comprising a microbe sensor containing an oxygen electrode and a microbe membrane. The microbe membrane is made by immobilizing microorganisms belonging to the genus Klebsiella in membrane. Specifically, the... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5302388 | Control of campylobacter jejuni colonization New strains of microorganisms producing anti-Campylobacter metabolites have been identified which have the ability to utilize mucin as a sole substrate for growth and the ability to reduce and/or inhibit the incidence of Campylobacter jejuni colonization ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5292643 | Fusaric acid resistant genes Fusaric acid resistant genes derived from fusaric acid decomposing or detoxifying microorganisms such as Pseudomonas cepacia and Klebsiella oxytoca are described. Also described are DNA fragments and plasmids, which comprise such fusaric acid resistant ge... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5288620 | 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... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5272073 | Biocatalytic synthesis of catechol from glucose There is described a biocatalytic method for the synthesis of cathecol from a renewable source such as glucose. The method comprises inducing a divergent pathway in the shikimate pathway of a host cell. Additionally, there are described methods for making... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5256552 | Process for the production of optically active 2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyric acid 2-Oxo-4-phenylbutyric acid is treated with a microorganism, which has been optionally treated, capable of asymmetrically reducing 2-oxo-4-phenylbutyric acid into either (R)-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyric acid or (S)-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyric acid, and the ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5215919 | Process for producing optically active 2-hydroxycycloalkanecarboxylic acid esters using microbially derived reductase A (1R,2S)-2-hydroxycycloalkanecarboxylic acid ester is efficiently and selectively produced by microbial asymmetric reduction of a 2-oxocycloalkanecarboxylic acid ester with a bacterial strain or its processed material.... | 06/01/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5192807 | Siderophores as antiparasitic agents Antiparasitic agents constituted by a siderophore substance including at least one hydroxamate group, at least one peptide bond, and having a molecular weight of less than 1,000 D, e.g. aerobactin. A method of isolating antiparasitic agents by purificatio... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5143846 | Protease deficient bacterial hosts E. coli mutants which are capable of expressing cloned proteins in a highly stable manner are described.... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5084565 | Probes for the specific detection of Escherichia coli and Shigella Nucleic acid probes capable of specifically hybridizing to rRNA of E. coli and Shigella species and not to rRNA of non-E. coli/Shigella are described along with methods utilizing such probes for the specific detection of E. coli and/or Shigella in food an... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5053499 | 2',3'-dideoxy purine nucleoside 2', 3'-Dideoxy purine nucleosides represented by following general formulae [I] and/or [II] ##STR1## (wherein X and Y indicate nitrogen atoms or carbon atoms and R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 indicate ea... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5000966 | Quality improvement of alcoholic liquors by enzymatic decomposing of ethyl carbamate Ethyl carbamate in an alcoholic liquor is decomposed by contacting the alcoholic liquor with a culture broth or processed matter thereof obtained from a microorganism which belongs to the genus Gluconobacter, Flavobacterium, Arthrobacter, Achromobacter, A... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4975371 | High viscous substance BS-1 and process for producing the same Disclosed herein is a high viscous substance composition and its purified high viscous substance which are produced by cultivating a microbe belonging to genus Klebsiella and which are useful as an additive such as a thickening agent and/or an emulsion st... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4968606 | Methods for producing ribose-1-phosphoric acid and ribavirin The present invention relates to methods for producing ribavirin utilizing microorganisms and a method for producing ribose-1-phosphoric acid which is a precursor of ribavirin. The methods involve contacting certain microorganisms with orotidine, orotidic... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4950604 | Culture of a microorgansim of the genus klebsiella sp., having a high content of rhamnose The invention relates to biotechnology. It relates, in particular, to cultures of Klebsiella sp. microorganisms possessing the characteristics of the strain BEC 441 deposited under No. I-714 at the Collection Nationale de Cultures de Micro-organismes (Nat... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4904589 | Process for producing D-(31)-tartaric acid It is possible to efficiently obtain D-(31)-tartaric acid in high yield and to supply DL-tartaric acid of high concentration to the culture medium by cultivating a microorganism which belongs to the genus Pseudomonas, Cryptococcus, Tricosporon or Klebsiel... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4800959 | Microbial process for selectively plugging a subterranean formation A microbial process is provided for selectively plugging a high permeability stratum or zone in a subterranean reservoir. Starved bacteria of reduced size are injected into the zone. A poor-nutrient media is either simultaneously or subsequently thereafte... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4783403 | Process for producing l-phenylalanine L-phenylalanine is produced by using a microorganism belonging to the species Citrobacter freundii, Erwinia herbicola, Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella oxytoca, Salmonella typhimurium, Bacillus cereus, Flavobacterium suaveolens, Serratia marcescens, Pseud... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4755381 | Klebsiella capsular polysaccharide vaccine The present invention relates to immunogenic preparations of Klebsiella species serotype-specific capsular polysaccharides. The invention involves the treatment of Klebsiella capsular polysaccharides in dilute sodium hydroxide to detoxify co-purified toxi... | 07/05/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4606919 | Vaccine for the treatment of urinary tract infections containing aluminum phosphate A vaccine for curative and prophylactic treatment of urinary tract infections in humans. The vaccine contains inactivated bacteria which originate from the cultures of 8 to 14 uropathogenic bacteria strains isolated from the urine of a person suffering fr... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4492755 | Process for isomerizing L-mannose to L-fructose Process for preparing L-fructose from L-mannose by contacting L-mannose with L-mannose isomerase produced by a mutant microorganism selected from the group consisting of the genera Escherichia, Lactobacillus, and Klebsiella cultivated in the absence of an... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4412946 | Immunostimulating glycoproteins Novel water-soluble, immunostimulating glycoproteins extracted from Klebsiella pneumoniae containing 30 to 45% by weight of proteins, 30 to 40% by weight of neutral saccharides, up to 4% by weight of glucuronic acid, 2 to 5% by weight of osamines and havi... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4360594 | Process for producing L-tryptophan or derivatives thereof using microorganisms A process for producing L-tryptophan or a derivative thereof is disclosed, wherein an indole compound is reacted with serine, or with pyruvic acid and ammonium ion, in the presence of a culture or treated culture of a microorganism of genus Aeromonas or g... | 11/23/1982 |