Class 435/946 - Using algae

Subclass of Class 435 - Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
No. of patents: 111
Last issue date: 06/03/2008

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7381558	Process for the heterotrophic production of microbial products with high concentrations of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids Disclosed is a process for growing the microflora Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, which includes the growing of the microflora in fermentation medium containing non-chloride containing sodium salts, in particular sodium sulfate. In a p...	06/03/2008
7374908	Microorganism and production of carotinoid compounds thereby It is intended to provide a process for conveniently and efficiently producing large amounts of astaxanthin and canthaxanthin from a material which can be easily obtained. A microorganism Thraustochytrium sp. CHN-3 (FERM P-18556) capable of producing astaxant...	05/20/2008
7135308	Process for the production of ethanol from algae The present invention describes a process for the production of ethanol by harvesting starch-accumulating filament-forming or colony-forming algae to form a biomass, initiating cellular decay of the biomass in a dark and anaerobic environment, fermenting the biomass...	11/14/2006
7122337	Method for determining calciotropic activity of a preparation of algae A method of determining calciotropic activity of a preparation of algae of the genus Padina pavonica. The algae preparation may be in the form of a powder or an extract. The method consists of culturing human or animal osteoblasts in a culture medium containi...	10/17/2006
7033584	Feeding Thraustochytriales to poultry for increasing omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids in eggs A process is provided for growing microflora of the order Thraustochytriales such as Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, in fermentation medium containing non-chloride containing sodium salts, in particular sodium sulfate. In a preferred embodime...	04/25/2006
7022509	Gas vesicles of cells and methods of harvesting, isolating and modifying same A method for removing a gas from a site comprising placing cells having gas vesicles under conditions that induce the cells to float to a surface of an aqueous medium, harvesting the cells from the surface of the medium, lysing the cells, separating the gas vesicles...	04/04/2006
7022512	Schizochytrium and thraustochytrium strains for producing high concentrations of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids Disclosed is a process for growing the microflora Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, which includes the growing of the microflora in fermentation medium containing non-chloride containing sodium salts, in particular sodium sulfate. In a p...	04/04/2006
6989252	Hydrogen production using hydrogenase-containing oxygenic photosynthetic organisms A reversible physiological process provides for the temporal separation of oxygen evolution and hydrogen production in a microorganism, which includes the steps of growing a culture of the microorganism in medium under illuminated conditions to accumulate an endogen...	01/24/2006
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
6977167	Mixtures of omega-3 and omega-6 highly unsaturated fatty acids from euryhaline microorganisms A process for the heterotrophic or predominantly heterotrophic production of whole-celled or extracted microbial products with a high concentration of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids, producible in an aerobic culture under controlled conditions using biologic...	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
6936459	Medium for the production of betacarotene and other carotenoids from dunaliella salina (ARL 5) and a strain of dunaliella salina for production of carotenes using the novel media The invention relates to the development of a novel medium starting from fresh water using a salt solution complex comprising a non conventional salt, namely KCl and conventional salts such as NaCl and MgSO4 in the proportion defined in the specification ...	08/30/2005
6893642	Algae protein polysaccharide extraction and use thereof The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing proteoglycan extracts of algae and a process for preparing proteoglycan extracts from the algae. ...	05/17/2005
6814961	Method for enhancing stem cell trafficking Consumption of blue-green algae, or extracts thereof, enhances trafficking or homing of stem cells in animals by inducing a transient increase in the population of stem cells present in the animal's circulatory system. The animal may be healthy or suffering some dis...	11/09/2004
6811999	Method for determining calciotropic activity of a preparation of Padina pavonica algae A method of determining calciotropic activity of a preparation of algae of the genus Padina pavonica. The algae preparation may be in the form of a powder or an extract. The method consists of culturing human or animal osteoblasts in a culture medium containi...	11/02/2004
6582941	Microorganisms capable of producing highly unsaturated fatty acids and process for producing highly unsaturated fatty acids by using the microorganisms The present invention relates to the Schizochytrium genus SR21 strain and a microorganism belonging to the same species as does said SR21 strain or having substantially the same fungological properties as does said SR21 strain, the said SR21 strain and mi...	06/24/2003
6566123	Biomass containing Thraustochytriales microflora A biomass containing the microflora of the order Thraustochytriales preferably, Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, is prepared by growing the microflora in a fermentation medium containing less than about 3 grams of chloride per liter...	05/20/2003
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
6551807	Carotenoid ketolase genes and gene products, production of ketocarotenoids and methods of modifying carotenoids using the genes A purified nucleic acid sequence which encodes for a protein having ketolase enzyme activity and has the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 3, or has a sequence which encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4, as well as vectors and host ...	04/22/2003
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
6451567	Fermentation process for producing long chain omega-3 fatty acids with euryhaline microorganisms A process is provided for growing the microflora Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, which includes the growing of the microflora in fermentation medium containing non-chloride containing sodium salts, in particular sodium sulfate. In ...	09/17/2002
6413763	Method of removing gas from a site using gas vesicles of cells A method for removing a gas compound from a site comprising placing cells having gas vesicles under conditions that induce the cells to float to a surface of an aqueous medium, harvesting the cells from the surface of the medium, lysing the cells, separat...	07/02/2002
6410281	Reducing corrosion in a fermentor by providing sodium with a non-chloride sodium salt A process is provided for growing the microflora Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, which includes the growing of the microflora in fermentation medium containing non-chloride containing sodium salts, in particular sodium sulfate. In ...	06/25/2002
6156561	System and method for culturing algae A system and method for its use for efficiently culturing algae such as Spirulina are provided. The system comprises a culture pool for exposing a culture fluid containing the algae to sunlight, a culture tank having a larger depth than the culture pool, ...	12/05/2000
5948405	Fucans with low molecular weight having anticoagulant, antithrombinic and antithromobic activity Fucans with low molecular weight having anticoagulant, antithrombinic and antithrombotic activity. Fucan sulfates having molecular weight between 14000 and 29000 Dalton show a remarkable anticoagulant activity both in the global coagulation mechanism (APT...	09/07/1999
5935842	Isolated Enteromorpha clathrata haploid progeny of diploid Enteromorpha clathrata cv. Berkeley A method for the high yield, agricultural production of Enteromorpha clathrata involving repeated steps of supplying brackish or seawater to a pond containing Enteromorpha clathrata. The method involves the steps of (a) supplying a first volume of water, ...	08/10/1999
5910433	Keto group-introducing enzyme, DNA coding therefor and method for producing ketocarotenoids DNA sequences are described that encode genes for synthesizing ketocarotenoids such as astaxanthin. The DNA sequences, microorganisms containing them and encoded polypeptides are described. Also described are methods to obtain related sequences and to mak...	06/08/1999
5910254	Method for dewatering microalgae with a bubble column A process for dewatering an aqueous suspension of microalgae is disclosed in which the aqueous suspension of the algae is introduced into a bubble column or a modified bubble column for generating a froth of bubbles and adsorbed algal cells that can be se...	06/08/1999
5908622	Food product containing thraustochytrium and/or schizochytrium microflora and an additional agricultural based ingredient Disclosed in a process for growing the microflora Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, which includes the growing of the microflora in fermentation medium containing non-chloride containing sodium salts, in particular sodium sulfate. In...	06/01/1999
5900370	Process for the production of ascorbic acid with prototheca The present invention is directed to methods for the production of ascorbic acid by culturing organisms of the genus Prototheca and recovering ascorbic acid from the fermentation medium....	05/04/1999
5866150	Antibacterially active extracts from the marine algae chaetoceros and methods of use The present invention relates to the use of extracts obtained from the marine algae Chaetoceros as antibacterially active agents and to compositions containing such agents for use against pathogenic bacteria. This invention also relates to a method of dep...	02/02/1999
5858700	Process for the isolation and purification of lycopene crystals A process for isolating and purifying lycopene crystals from a biological lycopene source is disclosed. A lycopene-containing oleoresin is saponified in a composition of propylene glycol and aqueous alkali to form lycopene crystals. Crystallization is ach...	01/12/1999
5843762	Method for the high yield, agricultural production of enteromorpha clathrata A method is provided for the high yield, agricultural production of Enteromorpha clathrata involving repeated steps of supplying brackish or seawater to a pond containing Enteromorpha clathrata. The method involves the steps of (a) supplying a first volum...	12/01/1998
5804408	Expression of human SOD in blue green algae A method for expressing a physiologically active polypeptide in cells of a blue-green alga by transforming the cells of a blue-green alga with a recombinant DNA containing a structural gene encoding the polypeptide, characterized in that as the recombinan...	09/08/1998
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
5776349	Method for dewatering microalgae with a jameson cell Methods are disclosed for dewatering an aqueous suspension of microalgae, especially Dunaliella salina, with a Jameson cell. The algal cells are ruptured sufficiently to promote froth flotation of the cells from the suspension. The algal suspension is int...	07/07/1998
5736048	Biological process of remediating chemical contamination of a pond In a process of remediating chemical contamination of a pond contaminated with one or more toxic heavy metals or aromatic compounds, the steps include: preparing a silage of grass clippings, placing the silage on the surface of a pond, and inoculating the...	04/07/1998
5683895	9-deazaadenosine and its 5'-଱-D-glycopyranoside isolated from the cyanobacterium Anabaena affinis strain VS-1 The present invention is based upon the discovery that a MeOH extract of Anabaena affinis strain VS-1 showed strong cytotoxicity to L1210 murine leukemia cells, and from that extract was isolated the compounds having the following structures, Compounds 1 ...	11/04/1997
5656319	Food product with high concentrations of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids A process for the heterotrophic or predominantly heterotrophic production of whole-celled or extracted microbial products with a high concentration of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids, producible in an aerobic culture under controlled conditions usi...	08/12/1997
5578472	Process for the production of ethanol from microalgae The present invention provides a process and system for the production of ethanol wherein a microalga capable of accumulating starch in the cells thereof is cultured, the culture solution containing the grown algal cells is concentrated, and ethanol is fo...	11/26/1996

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