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Class 435/931 - Mucor


Subclass of Class 435 - Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
No. of patents: 61
Last issue date: 09/06/2005


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NumberTitleIssue Date
6939748Nano-size semiconductor component and method of making
A method is disclosed for making a nano-size semiconductor component within a wide-bandgap semiconductor substrate. A first thermal energy beam is directed onto a first portion of the wide-bandgap semiconductor substrate to change the structure of the wide-bandgap s...
09/06/2005
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
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
5849551Microbiological process for producing γ-decalactone
A microbiological process for the production of γ-decalactone. According to this process, a culture of the fungus of a particular species of the genus Mucor is incubated with the particular substrate, which is an organic carboxylic acid ester, to produce...
12/15/1998
5750382Process for producing optically active 2-alkoxycyclohexanol derivatives
A process for efficiently producing (S,S)-2-alkoxycyclohexanols in a single step by using (&#b1;)-trans-2-alkoxycyclohexanols which are inexpensive and can be easily obtained. The process comprises treating a (&#b1;)-trans-2-alkoxycyclohexanol with a hydr...
05/12/1998
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
5677160Fat splitting process
An improved fat splitting process which eliminates the induction period encountered during pressure splitting. A partial hydrolysis is conducted prior to pressure splitting by combining a lipase in the presence of water with the fat or oil to be hydrolyze...
10/14/1997
5631343Enzymatic synthesis
A process for producing a polyester comprising as repeating units (i) residues of at least one aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid, aminocarboxylic acid, or derivative thereof; or (ii) residues of (a) at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or derivative thereof...
05/20/1997
5538891Process for enzymatic production of isomerically pure isosorbide-2 and 5-monoesters and their conversion to isosorbide-2 and -5 nitrate
Process for the enzymatic production of isomerically pure compounds having the general formulae I and II ##STR1## in which the substituents R have the meanings stated in the claims, as well as their use for the production of isomerically pure is...
07/23/1996
5429935Process 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
5427933Reduction of phenylalkyl ketones to the corresponding (S)-hydroxy derivatives using mucor hiemalis IFO 5834
A process for reducing a phenylalkyl ketone to the corresponding (S)-hydroxy derivative is disclosed. The process comprises contacting the phenylalkyl ketone with Mucor hiemalis IFO 5834 and recovering the (S)-hydroxy derivative....
06/27/1995
5418151Regio-selective process for resolution of carbohydrate monoesters
There is provided a regio-selective method for the resolution of carbohydrate monoester mixtures, by treating such mixtures with one or more selective enzymes. The resolution of such mixtures results in monoesters comprising significantly purer isolates o...
05/23/1995
5391495Stereoselective reduction of ketones
The present invention concerns a process for the stereoselective enzymatic reduction of keto group-containing compounds such as N-(4-(2-chloroacetyl)phenyl)methanesulfonamido to form the corresponding hydroxyl-group containing compound. The process is sel...
02/21/1995
5378627Process for preparing (2S,3R)-3-alkyl-phenylglycidic acid esters using lipase
A process for preparing optically active 3-phenylglycidic acid esters comprising reacting a racemic trans-3-phenylglycidic acid with an alkanol in the presence of a hydrolase to esterify preferentially either (2S, 3R) isomer or (2R, 3S) isomer of said rac...
01/03/1995
5332668Protease with low thermostability derived from Mucor pusillus
A mutant fungus strain which produces a protease with low thermostability and low productivity was made from protease producing fungi and the gene coding for mutant enzyme is isolated from the mutant strain. A promoter which can function in yeast is ligat...
07/26/1994
5317095Alpha-D-glycosyl kasugamycin, its preparation, and antibacterial agent containing the same
An ଱-D-hlycosyl kasugamycin having the formula (III): ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of not less than 1. According to the present invention, the novel substance which is highly safe and easily hydrolyzed with ଱-glucosidase to exhibit ph...
05/31/1994
5219749Process for isolating and preparing purified chitin deacetylase
Chitin deacetylase, the enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetamide groups of N-acetylglucosamine in chitin, was purified to homogeneity from mycelial extracts of the fungus Mucor rouxii. In addition, immunoglobulin specifically reactive with chitin...
06/15/1993
5200328Process for producing methyl glycoside esters
Fatty acid esters of methyl glycosides are prepared by reacting a fatty acid or ester with a methyl glycoside in the presence of an enzyme catalyst, in particular a lipase. The resulting fatty acid esters are preferably monoesters. The methyl glycoside fa...
04/06/1993
5191071Monoesters of glycosides and a process for enzymatic preparation thereof
Compounds of the formula (R-COO)n X-OR1, wherein R1 is optionally substituted alkyl, phenyl, or alkyl phenyl, n is 1, 2 or 3, X is a carbohydrate moiety, and R is optionally substituted alkyl, have superior effects as addi...
03/02/1993
5156963Immobilization of lipase by adsorption on a particulate macroporous resin
Lipase is immobilized by adsorption on a polymethacrylic acid ester resin such as polymethylmethacrylate cross-linked with divinyl benzene. The resin is preferably a particulate, macroporous resin having an average pore radius of 100-200 Å, a total surfa...
10/20/1992
5089176Optically active monoester compounds and producing
An optically active monoester of the formula of ##STR1## where R is C1 -C15 alkyl is disclosed. The monoester is produced by transesterification of cis-endo-bicyclo [2,2,2] oct-5-ene-2,3-dimethanol with a fatty acid alkyl or vin...
02/18/1992
5089404Process for the transesterification of fat and oil
A process for the transesterification of substrates comprising (a) fat and oil and (b) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of fatty acid, fatty acid ester and other fat and oil with the use of a lipase, wherein said transesterificatio...
02/18/1992
5032513Process for the preparation of gamma and delta lactones
A process for the preparation of gamma and delta lactones from organic carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof is disclosed. The process comprises cultivating, under aerobic conditions, a fungus of the genus Mucor in a suitable medium containing the carbo...
07/16/1991
4996149Microbiological hydroxylation process of quinine, quinidine and derivatives thereof
A process for the regiospecific and stereospecific hydroxylation of quinine, quinidine and their derivatives, in position 3S, is characterized by the use of certain microorganisms being reacted on the compound to be hydroxylated....
02/26/1991
4985357Process for the synthesis of glyceryl monomitrates by bioconversion of nitroglycerine
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a glyceryl mononitrate or of a mixture of glyceryl mononitrates, characterized in that it comprises a bioconversion step of nitroglycerine to glyceryl mononitrate(s) by a microorganism chos...
01/15/1991
4975370Process for preparing 14-hydroxy-6-O-methyl-erythromycin A
Mucor circinelloides f. griseo-cyanus IFO 4563 is cultivated in a medium containing 6-O-methylerythromycin A as a substrate to obtain 14-hydroxy-6-O-methyl-erythromycin A. This compound and its salt have anti-bacterial activity....
12/04/1990
4959459Surface active compounds and a process for their preparation
6-C8 to C22 acyl-1-C3 to C12 alkylglucosides are a new group of surface active compounds useful in particular as emulsifiers in cosmetics, pharmaceutical compositions and foodstuffs. They are prepared by reactin...
09/25/1990
4916066Process for production of bishomo-gamma-linolenic acid
A process for the production of bishomo-γ-linolenic acid characterized by adding an additive to a culture medium, which additive is preferably selected from sesame oil, peanut oil, an extract from sesame oil or sesame seeds, and a lignan compound present...
04/10/1990
4826767Enzymatic synthesis of waxes
Process for generating an about 98% ester yield from fatty acids and fatty alcohols comprising esterifying the acid and alcohol in liquid phase under a vacuum of at least 0.5 bar in the presence of an immobilized lipase....
05/02/1989
4818695Immobilized Mucor miehe lipase for transesterification
Immobilized lipase is produced by mixing an aqueous lipase solution with a particulate, macroporous, weak anion exchange resin, and recovering and drying the resin having lipase immobilized thereon. The resin has a particle size such that more than 90% re...
04/04/1989
4798793Immobilized Mucor miehei lipase for transesterification
Immobilized lipase is produced by mixing an aqueous lipase solution with a particulate, macroporous, phenolformaldehyde adsorbent resin, and recovering and drying the resin having lipase immobilized thereon. The resin has a particle size such that more th...
01/17/1989
4766074Thermostable Rhizomucor rennet having increased milk clotting activity
Disclosed is a method for increasing the milk clotting ability and reducing the thermal stability of microbial rennet from Rhizomucor pusillus. The method involves treating the rennet with a methionine oxidizing composition and the anhydride of a dicarbox...
08/23/1988
4749797Tetra-alkyl-2,2,5,5-cyclohexanone-4-01-1 compounds and their sulphonyl derivatives, the process and the intermediates for preparing them and their use in the synthesis of cis-cyclopropane lactones
New tetra-alkyl-2,2,5,5-cyclohexanone-4-ol-1-compounds and their sulphonyl derivatives with the general formula: ##STR1## in which: each of R and R', identical or different, represents an alkyl radical (1-5 carbons) and R" represents a hydrogen atom ...
06/07/1988
4742008Preparation of the enzyme beta-glucanase by fermentation of fungi
ଲ-glucanase is produced under submerged, aerobic and thermophilic conditions, by cultivating the microorganism Rhizomucor pusillus (Lindt) Schipper, preferably the strain CBS 551.82. Fermentation is carried out using a fed batch method, where a carb...
05/03/1988
4722900Method for increasing the milk clotting activity of thermolabile rhizomucor pusillus rennet
Disclosed is a method for increasing the milk clotting ability and reducing the thermal stability of microbial rennet from Rhizomucor pusillus. The method involves treating the rennet with a methionine oxidizing composition and the anhydride of a dicarbox...
02/02/1988
4657856Glutathione peroxidase, process for production thereof, method and composition for the quantitative determination of lipid peroxide
Glutathione peroxidase is produced by fermentation of a microorganism of the genus Mucor. This peroxidase may be used for the determination of lipid peroxide....
04/14/1987
4614718Synthesis of sugar or sugar-alcohol fatty acid esters
Sugar or sugar-alcohol fatty acid esters such as sucrose fatty acid esters are synthesized by incubating an aqueous mixture of a sugar or sugar-alcohol, a fatty acid and a catalytically active amount of a lipolytic enzyme, and recovering the resulting est...
09/30/1986
4588690Preparation of the enzyme ଲ-glucanase by fermentation of fungi
Process for preparation of ଲ-glucanase by cultivation of species of the fungus Rhizomucor pusillus (Lindt) Schipper under aerobic and thermophilic conditions. The enzyme ଲ-glucanase is an important component for degradation of polysaccharides ...
05/13/1986
4530906Microbial rennet having increased milk coagulating activity and method and method for production thereof
A method for increasing the milk coagulating activity of microbial rennet obtained from Mucor pusillus microorganisms, which comprises acylating the microbial rennet in an aqueous medium by contacting the microbial rennet with succinic anhydride at a temp...
07/23/1985
4451565Enzyme-mediated synthesis of esters and lactones
In the enzyme-mediated synthesis of an ester or lactone from at least one carboxylic acid of the formula wherein R is a hydrogen atom, or a hydrocarbon radical which has 1 to 21 carbon atoms and which can be optionally substituted by hydroxyl groups or alkoxy ...
05/29/1984
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