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| 435170000 | Using bacteria | 69 |
| 20080213852 | Novel Gene Sts 18 - The present invention relates to newly identified genes that encode proteins that are involved in the synthesis of L-ascorbic acid (hereinafter also referred to as Vitamin C). The invention also features polynucleotides comprising the full-length polynucleotide sequences of the novel genes and fragments thereof, the novel polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides and fragments thereof, as well as their functional equivalents. The present invention also relates to the use of said polynucleotides and polypeptides as biotechnological tools in the production of Vitamin C from microorganisms, whereby a modification of said polynucleotides and/or encoded polypeptides has a direct or indirect impact on yield, production, and/or efficiency of production of the fermentation product in said microorganism. Also included are methods/processes of using the polynucleotides and modified polynucleotide sequences to transform host microorganisms. The invention also relates to genetically engineered microorganisms and their use for the direct production of Vitamin C. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080248541 | Equipment and Method for Dry Ferment - The present invention relates to a method for dry fermentation and equipment for carrying out the same. The invention equipment comprises a fermentation tank for dry fermentation which includes a tank body | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080248542 | Clostridium difficile culture and toxin production methods - The invention provides methods and compositions for use in culturing | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080293115 | PLANT WALL DEGRADATIVE COMPOUNDS AND SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090004716 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING HIGH CONCENTRATION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE MOLECULES AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING THE SAME - Large scale processes for producing high purity samples of biologically active molecules of interest from bacterial cells are disclosed. The methods comprise the steps of producing a lysate solution by contacting a cell suspension of said plurality of cells with lysis solution; neutralizing said lysate solution with a neutralizing solution to produce a dispersion that comprises neutralized lysate solution and debris; filtering the dispersion through at least one filter; performing ion exchange separation on said neutralized lysate solution to produce an ion exchange eluate; and performing hydrophobic interaction separation on said ion exchange eluate to produce a hydrophobic interaction solution. Further, provided are compositions comprising large scale amounts of plasmid DNA produced by the disclosed large scale processes. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090017514 | MEMBRANE SUPPORTED BIOREACTOR FOR CONVERSION OF SYNGAS COMPONENTS TO LIQUID PRODUCTS - Ethanol and other liquid products are produced by contacting syngas components such as CO or a mixture of CO | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090029434 | MODULAR MEMBRANE SUPPORTED BIOREACTOR FOR CONVERSION OF SYNGAS COMPONENTS TO LIQUID PRODUCTS - A modular membrane supported bioreactor for anaerobic conversion of gas into liquid products including membrane module(s) having a plurality of hollow fibers packed across a cross sectional area of the membrane module in a direction transverse to the axis of the membrane module; a membrane vessel for retaining the membrane module(s) at least partially submerged in a process liquid and isolated from ambient atmosphere; and a gas supply conduit operably connected to the hollow fibers for supplying a process gas to the hollow fiber lumens. The gas supply conduit enables the formation of a biofilm on the outer surface of the hollow fiber wall by interaction of microorganisms with the process gas and the production of a liquid product that mixes with the process liquid. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090035834 | Method for Using Biomass in Biogas Process - The invention relates to a method for using biomass in a biogas process. The aim of the invention is to use substrates having a high nitrogen and solid content, and which using a small amount of water, has very good energy balance and is particularly environmentally friendly. Said aim is achieved by the virtue of the fact that the substrate is treated with a recirculated product in order to form a pumpable medium, and additionally treated with bacteria in cyclones and fermenters, which simultaneously removes the nitrogen in a stripping process, separates the solid fermentation radicals and further uses the recirculated product as a heat-exchanger and reaction medium. Said process is environmentally friendly and has a very good energy balance. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090042267 | Food waste treatment device using microorganisms - The present invention is directed to a composition for decomposing a majority of food waste into water and carbon dioxide comprising an effective combination of at least two species of microorganisms chosen from | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090176290 | Bacillus Host Cell | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090215142 | HORIZONTAL ARRAY BIOREACTOR FOR CONVERSION OF SYNGAS COMPONENTS TO LIQUID PRODUCTS - A membrane supported bioreactor arrangement and method for anerobic conversion of gas into liquid products including membrane modules having hollow fibers, each of the hollow fibers formed from an asymmetric membrane wall having a porous outer layer defining biopores for retaining a porous biolayer about the outer surface of the membrane wall and a less permeable hydration layer around the hollow fiber lumen; a membrane vessel for retaining the membrane modules in a process gas for formation of the biolayer on the outer surface of the hollow fiber wall by interaction of microorganisms with a process gas and for the production of a liquid product, wherein the membrane vessel retains the membrane modules in a common horizontal plane; provides a seal between contents of the membrane tank and ambient atmosphere; and includes a liquid supply conduit for communicating the process liquid with the hollow fiber lumens of the hollow fibers. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090263877 | METHOD OF FERMENTATION - The invention provides a process for the production of biomass by culturing a microorganism in an aqueous liquid culture medium circulating in a loop reactor having an effluent gas removal zone where from carbon dioxide-containing effluent gas is removed from the reactor and upstream thereof a degassing zone in which a driving gas is introduced to drive carbon dioxide in the liquid phase into a separable effluent gas phase and having upstream of said degassing zone a nutrient gas introduction zone in which oxygen is introduced into the reactor and mixed with the liquid culture medium therein, characterized in that oxygen introduction in said nutrient gas introduction zone is effected at a plurality of locations along the flow path through said loop reactor at a rate such that the average dissolved oxygen content of said liquid culture medium measured using a polarographic oxygen electrode does not exceed 25 ppm. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090286296 | SUBMERGED MEMBRANE SUPPORTED BIOREACTOR FOR CONVERSION OF SYNGAS COMPONENTS TO LIQUID PRODUCTS - A submerged membrane supported bioreactor for anaerobic conversion of gas into liquid products including a plurality of membrane modules having a plurality of hollow fibers, each of the plurality of hollow fibers having a gas permeable hollow fiber wall defining a hollow fiber lumen and an outer surface; a membrane tank for retaining the membrane modules at least partially submerged in a process liquid for formation of a biofilm on the outer surface of the hollow fiber wall by interaction of microorganisms with a process gas and for the production of a liquid product that mixes with the process liquid, wherein the membrane tank retains the membrane modules in a common horizontal plane; a seal between contents of the membrane tank and ambient atmosphere; and a gas supply conduit for communicating the process gas with the hollow fiber lumens of the hollow fibers. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090298152 | PROCESS FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS REMEDIATION AND PRODUCTION OF FUEL FROM FRACTIONALIZED WASTE AND VIRGIN MATERIALS THROUGH THE USE OF COMBINATIVE BIOREACTOR AND CATALYTIC METHODOLOGY - A process for the production of fuel or biodiesel, and use of the process to fuel an on-site engine. The process includes introducing an effluent stream into a first vessel, the effluent stream containing solids and at least one of vegetable oil and petroleum oil. The process includes heating the effluent to lower its viscosity in the first vessel, separating at least some of the solids from the heated effluent to form a reactant stream, introducing the reactant stream to a bioreactor, introducing at least one remediation agent into the bioreactor, heating the reactor contents to a reaction temperature, and allowing sufficient time to pass such that the reactant stream yields a fuel product. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090305379 | DIGESTER SYSTEM - A manure mixture within an anaerobic digestion tank stratifies to form a liquid effluent layer and a sludge layer. Liquid effluent from the liquid effluent layer is withdrawn from the tank through a height adjustable valve. The height adjustable valve is adapted to automatically adjust the position of its intake end within the liquid effluent layer in response to the level of the sludge layer detected by a sludge meter located within the tank. Liquid effluent withdrawn from the tank is passed through a heat exchange system including at least one heat exchanger. Heat from the heat exchanger is transferred to the liquid effluent to produce heated liquid effluent. The heated liquid effluent is reintroduced back into the digestion tank such that the temperature of the manure mixture within the tank is maintained within a suitable temperature range for anaerobic digestion of the manure mixture. Additionally, the heated liquid effluent is sprayed in an upwards direction so as to effect mixing of the manure mixture within the tank. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100035320 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING THE PRODUCTION OF PRODUCTS IN MICROORGANISMS - Methods and compositions are provided for improving the production of products, such as fuel products like ethanol, in microorganisms. In particular, methods and compositions are described for improving ethanol production utilizing genes identified in | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100047890 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING SPORULATION DEFICIENT BACTERIA - The present invention relates to methods and compositions for engineering sporulating bacterial cells, particularly a cell of the class | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100093050 | BIOTECHNICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION METHOD AND EQUIPMENT - A method and an apparatus enabling the simultaneous cultivation and product formation in both aerobic and anaerobic conditions of microbes or other production organisms in the same bioreactor. The used microbes may be facultatively anaerobic bacteria, for example. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100112659 | FERMENTATION PROCESS - A process for the biosymbiotic fermentation of one or more microbe species selected for production of bioactive molecules. These microbe species (bio-hosts) are fermented together with both botanical sources or bacterial, fungal or algal organisms (growth-symbiots) as promoter stimulants. In this manner yields of the bioactive molecules equivalent to those obtained through the biotechnological generation of expression vectors are possible. Furthermore, the invention contemplates biodegradation processes for the decomposition of the resulting fermentation biomass in such a way as to concentrate the bioactive molecules of interest in a precipitate or oleoresin form. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100159555 | PRODUCTION OF SECONDARY METABOLITES USING CAPILLARY MEMBRANES - The invention provides methods of producing secondary metabolites and under recombinant products oxygen-limited or anaerobic culture conditions. The methods include providing a porous substrate having a first side and a second side and which has a biofilm of microorganisms attached to the first side thereof, and causing a nutrient solution to flow through the biofilm and the substrate in a direction from the first side thereof to the second side thereof under oxygen-limited or anaerobic culture conditions. The microorganisms include | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100184181 | Genetic Cluster of Strains of Streptococcus Thermophilus Having Appropriate Acidifying and Texturizing Properties for Dairy Fermentations - The invention relates to a genetic cluster of strains of | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100216205 | Reagents and Methods for Cyanobacterial Production of Bioplastics and Biomaterials - The present invention provides reagents and methods for biomaterial production from cyanobacteria. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100233778 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR GENERATING BIOGAS FROM ORGANIC MATERIALS - The invention relates to a device for generating biogas from organic materials having a biogas reactor which has a charging chamber for being charged with the organic materials and a backflow channel for an at least partial discharge of the organic materials from the biogas reactor. According to the invention it is provided that the biogas reactor in addition has at least one intermediate chamber, the charging chambers which form at least one intermediate chamber and the backflow channel form in this sequence sections of a flow path through which flow can pass in only one direction for the organic materials, two sequentially following sections respectively forming a rising flow path in one case and a falling flow path in the other. In addition the invention relates to a process for biogas generation. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100267103 | FERMENTATION METHOD OF ANTLERS - A method of fermenting animal horny substance, which includes a step of fermenting the mixture of animal horny substance and rice straw in order to ferment animal horny substance by using rice straw, so that not only water-soluble effective components in animal horny substance but also non-water-soluble effective components can be ingested. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100285556 | BIOGAS PLANT AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOGAS FROM LIGNEOUS RENEWABLE RESOURCES - The present invention relates to a biogas plant and to a process for the production of biogas from ligneous renewable resources, in particular straw. Means are provided for pre-treating the ligneous renewable resource in order to bring about chemical, thermal and/or mechanical digestion of said resource before it is introduced into a fermenter in which anaerobic bacterial fermentation takes place. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100330643 | Cyanobacterial Isolates Having Auto-Flocculation and Settling Properties - Provided herein are exemplary methods for production of biomass with a cyanobacterial isolate having auto-flocculation properties. One exemplary method includes isolating a cyanobacterial strain having a 16S ribosomal RNA sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. NO. 1 herein, inoculating an algae cultivation system with the cyanobacterial strain, growing the cyanobacterial strain, and harvesting the biomass produced by the cyanobacterial strain. According to a further method, the harvesting of the biomass comprises ceasing agitation of the algae cultivation system, and pooling a slurry of the biomass produced by the cyanobacterial strain. In a further method, the harvesting of the biomass may comprise ceasing agitation within the algae cultivation system and/or allowing the biomass produced by the cyanobacterial strain to settle to near or at a bottom of the algae cultivation system. Also provided herein are exemplary cyanobacterial strains having flocculation properties for production of a biomass. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110027851 | COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES FOR BIOSYNTHETIC PLASMID INTEGRATED CAPTURE ELEMENTS - Embodiments herein report compositions, systems and methods for making and using plasmid vectors and nanotube complexes. In certain embodiments, compositions, systems and methods herein include making plasmid vectors having aptamer inserts. In some embodiments, methods disclosed herein may be used to rapidly generate large quantities of plasmid vectors having aptamer inserts directed to a particular target agent. Other aspects concern plasmid constructs associated with organic semiconductors. Yet other aspects concern complexes of nanotubes associated with dsDNA aptamers and tracking molecules. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110033909 | MEANS AND METHODS FOR CLONING NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES - The invention provides means and methods for efficiently cloning nucleic acid sequences of interest in micro-organisms that are less amenable to conventional nucleic acid manipulations, as compared to, for instance, | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110045564 | METHOD OF ENHANCED SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF ALGAL BIO-PRODUCTS, COMPRISING USE OF SYMBIOTIC DIAZOTROPH-ATTENUATED STRESS CO-CULTIVATION - Provided are compositions and methods for sustainable cultivation of algae for biomass, biofuel and bioproduct production, preferably with minimal addition of exogenous nutrients, comprising co-cultivating at least one algal species with at least one aerobic bacterial species and at least one diazotroph (or, in certain embodiments, cultivation of at least one algal species with at least one diazotroph) under continuous sustainable symbiotic conditions, wherein a significant proportion of the macronutrients derive from endogenous decomposed algal and bacterial cells. Certain aspects provide continuous symbiotic diazotroph-attenuated nitrogen stress co-cultivation, wherein a continuous, balanced attenuated nitrogen-stress response provides for adequate sustained algal growth, while yet preserving advantages of algal nitrogen stress responses for algal bioproduct production. Preferred aspects provide for enhanced algal production of at least one of: lipids; triacylglycerols (TAGs); percentage of lips as TAGs; and percentage of saturated and mono-saturated fatty acids relative to polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in TAGs. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110124073 | Hyperphotosynthetic Organisms - The present disclosure identifies pathways and mechanisms to confer improved industrial fitness on engineered organisms. It also discloses engineered organisms having improved industrial fitness. Synthetic biologic engineering modules are disclosed that provide for light capture, carbon dioxide fixation, NADH production, NADPH production, thermotolerance, pH tolerance, flue gas tolerance, salt tolerance, nutrient independence and near infrared absorbance. The disclosed engineered organisms can include one or more of these modules. Also provided are methods of using the engineered organism to produce carbon-based products of interest, biomass or pharmaceutical agents. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110124074 | Heterologous Expression of Fungal Cellobiohydrolases in Yeast - The present invention provides for heterologous expression of polypeptides encoded by wild-type and codon-optimized variants of cbh1 and/or cbh2 from the fungal organisms | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110189747 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SILAGE FOR BIOGAS PRODUCTION - The invention provides the use of a lactic acid bacterium and optionally a | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110207194 | CLOSTRIDIUM SARTAGOFORMUM FOR THE GENERATION OF BIOGAS - A process is described for the generation of biogas from biomass in a fermentation reactor, wherein a microorganism of the species | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110244542 | CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROSPHAEROIDES FOR THE TREATMENT OF BIOMASS - A method of treatment of biomass is described, characterized in that a microorganism of the species | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110244543 | U-Shape And/or Nozzle U-Loop Fermenter And Method Of Fermentation - A fermenter and a method of fermentation in a U-shape and/or nozzle U-loop fermenter ( | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110256603 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING AN AGRICULTURAL WASTE DIGESTER AND BIOGAS GENERATION SYSTEM - An agricultural waste digester and biogas generation system. The system includes a digester assembly having a cylindrical body, a hollow interior, a center axis and a plurality of wheel segments within the interior of the digester assembly. A gas conduit extends from the interior of the digester assembly to a power generation device. Also included is a water vessel containing water, and each of the plurality of wheel segments have an acruate, contoured surface area which restrict biogas movement within the digester assembly to produce induced agitation of agricultural waste. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110256604 | GENERATION OF ASPOROGENOUS SOLVENTOGENIC CLOSTRIDIA - Expression of the SpoIIE gene in a solventogenic | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110256605 | CELLS WITH NON-NATURAL PHYSIOLOGIES DERIVED BY EXPRESSING LIGHT-POWERED PROTON PUMPS IN ONE OR MORE MEMBRANES - Methods and procedures for designing and constructing microbes with the ability to harvest light energy are described. In certain embodiments, these methods and procedures are used to construct a photosynthetic yeast based on proteorhodopsin (PR) expression. Proteorhodopsin is a light powered proton pump used by some ocean bacteria to scavenge light energy. By illuminating single yeast cells expressing PR, controlled amounts of energy can be delivered to these cells. A light-harvesting yeast is a unique bioenergetics research platform for investigating the interplay of biofuel production, cellular ATP levels, and the proton-motive-force (pmf). Also, a strain of yeast with light-boosted biomass to biofuel conversion efficiency possesses direct industrial and commercial utility. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110262988 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED BACTERIAL HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS - The present invention provides compositions comprising a cellulolytic bacterium and an isolated BETA-glucosidase enzyme or comprising cellulolytic bacterium that expresses a secreted recombinant BETA-glucosidase enzyme, and methods of using same for hydrolysis of cellulose and cellulosic feedstocks. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110294183 | Modified Host Cells with Efflux Pumps - The present invention provides for a modified host cell comprising a heterologous expression of an efflux pump capable of transporting an organic molecule out of the host cell wherein the organic molecule at a sufficiently high concentration reduces the growth rate of or is lethal to the host cell. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110294184 | CELLULOLYTIC POLYPEPTIDES AND THEIR USE IN MICRO-ORGANISMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SOLVENTS AND FUELS - The invention relates to applications of a cellulase of | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110306106 | HIGH EXPRESSION PROMOTER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GENE PRODUCT USING SAME - Disclosed is a promoter which enables the expression of a gene product in a large quantity in | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110318805 | Microbial biotransformation of spent vanilla beans - A process for producing flavor constituents from spent vanilla materials, comprising treating the materials with microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and yeast, that produce enzymes having the ability to degrade the plant cells systems of the materials, and recovering the flavor constituents so produced. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120015418 | GENES AND PROTEINS FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE LANTIBIOTIC 107891 - The invention relates to the field of lantibiotics, and more specifically to the isolation of nucleic acid molecules that code for the enzymes required for the biosynthetic pathway of the lantibiotic 107891 and the homologues thereof. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120034669 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING USEFUL SUBSTANCE - The present invention provides a process for producing a useful substance which comprises culturing a transformant obtained by transforming a microorganism capable of producing the useful substance with a DNA encoding a protein in a medium, wherein the protein has an activity to improve growth of a high concentration oxygen-requiring microorganism under low oxygen concentration; forming and accumulating the useful substance in a culture; and collecting the useful substance from the culture. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120045814 | Method of Producing Synthetic Petroleum From Coal or Hydrocarbons or From C,H or Oxygen Using a Host Microorganism - The invention relates to a method of making microorganisms capable of producing petroleum from coal, or wood or certain other fossil fuels or raw materials, wherein gene sequences responsible for such production are isolated from microorganisms capable of such production, and transfected into suitable hosts, with better productivity or viability. The invention also includes using the same process to make elemental carbon, hydrogen and oxygen from organic or inorganic sources, including natural water or salt-water sources, petroleum, coal, other fossil fuel materials or other hydrocarbon sources, including turf, grass, glucose, rubber, sapropel, sapropelites, slates and wood; and it further includes making fossil fuels from water or from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. In the alternative, the appropriate gene sequence can be used to make probes which can be used to find other gene sequences in other microorganisms which can optimize production. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120077243 | Closed Bioreactor - Single-use closed bioreactors with recirculating exhaust gas that can be operated in an uncontrolled environment are reported for the manufacturing of biological products using genetically modified biological cultures that produces carbon dioxide or that requires carbon dioxide in their metabolic process. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120122176 | CELLULASE CEL5H RELATED REAGENTS AND THEIR USE IN MICROORGANISMS - The invention relates to applications of the cellulase Cel5H of | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120135492 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING AN AGRICULTURAL WASTE DIGESTER AND BIOGAS GENERATION SYSTEM - An agricultural waste digester and biogas generation system. The system includes a digester assembly having a cylindrical body, a hollow interior, a center axis and a plurality of wheel segments within the interior of the digester assembly. A gas conduit extends from the interior of the digester assembly to a power generation device. Also included is a water vessel containing water, and each of the plurality of wheel segments have an acruate, contoured surface area which restrict biogas movement within the digester assembly to produce induced agitation of agricultural waste. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120164707 | Method for Producing Intracellular Microorganisms Using a Protozoan as a Host - The present invention relates to a method for producing intracellular microorganisms such as bacteria, parasitic protozoans or viruses, for example, characterised in that said method essentially comprises using a culture of at least one protozoan as a host cell in which said parasitic or non-parasitic intracellular microorganisms proliferate, and then recovering said intracellular microorganisms. The invention therefore proposes an alternative to selecting a mammal cell lineage for the in vitro culture of intracellular microorganisms. Said method preferably comprises at least the following steps: cultivating at least one protozoan strain in a suitable culture medium; then seeding the protozoan culture with at least one strain of an intracellular microorganism; followed by incubation, during which the intracellular microorganism develops in the cytoplasm of the protozoan until the latter lyses; and finally, recovering the produced intracellular microorganism. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120171743 | THERMOTOLERANT ACTINOMADURA STRAIN CAPABLE OF DEGRADING POLYESTERS - A new thermotolerant | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120220007 | PRODUCTION OF SECRETED BIOPRODUCTS FROM PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROBES - The invention provides new compositions and methods for the production of useful chemicals from recombinant photosynthetic bacteria, such as recombinant cyanobacteria. Embodiments of the invention provide for the genetic engineering of photosynthetic bacteria to express and secrete a product of interest, such as hexose sugars or lactate. More specifically, the recombinant cyanobacteria express heterologous genes for both product expression and secretion. In some embodiments, the recombinant cyanobacteria express heterologous genes for secretion of products coupled to a pH gradient across a cell membrane. Sugars, such as sucrose, glucose and fructose, and other useful chemicals, such as lactic acid, are produced via the invention. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130011898 | Genetically Modified Phage and Use Thereof - The present invention relates to a genetically modified phage and use thereof in a method for producing a biomolecule of interest. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130034892 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A FERMENTED NATURAL PRODUCT - What is described is a process for producing a fermented natural product, wherein several ferment extracts are produced from raw materials of the natural product and admixed with a propagate from microorganisms. Also described is a plant for performing the process. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130273629 | Method for treating vegetable, fruit and garden waste - The present invention relates to a method for treating vegetable, fruit and garden waste, comprising the steps of: a) fermenting vegetable, fruit and garden waste, b) mixing the at least partially fermented waste from step a) with compost, c) composting the thus obtained mixture to obtain compost, wherein the percentage dry matter by weight of the mixture obtained in step b) is at least 35. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of providing a greenhouse with carbon dioxide and/or heat. Also, the present invention relates to a method of composting fermented vegetable, fruit and garden waste. The present invention furthermore relates to a waste treatment facility for the treatment of vegetable, fruit and garden waste. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130309744 | MUTANT MICROORGANISM WITH ENHANCED SUGAR UTILIZATION AND METHODS FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a mutant microorganism with enhanced sugar utilization and methods for preparing the same. The mutant strain is capable of effectively utilizing various sugars including cellobiose and xylose, and can thus be useful in the production of biofuels, physiologically active materials, medicinal materials or industrial chemicals from cellulosic biomass. It also reduces the need for addition of one out of the three enzymes used in the saccharification of lignocellulose. It also eliminates the need for separate reactors to ferment pentose and hexose sugar. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130316428 | Process for the production of fuel gas from municipal solid waste - After separating from solid urban waste an organic fraction containing biological cells, the latter is extruded through a grid having small-bore holes, under a pressure higher than the bursting pressure of the cell membranes, so that most of these are disrupted and a gel of a doughy consistency is produced. The gel is then loaded into a biodigester, where it is readily attacked by bacteria. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130344558 | METHOD OF PROCESSING ORGANIC WASTE - Wheat bran culture mix is used to inoculate organic waste and produce an inoculated waste material, where the wheat bran culture mix includes soil derived microbes. The inoculated waste material is shredded to produce shredded inoculated waste material which is fermented the shredded inoculated waste material for at least 7 days. Contents from the fermenter are then transferred into a dewatering device to produce dewatered contents which are then separated into soluble and suspended products. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140087439 | COMPLEX AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a complex of a metal reducing substance and a culture medium component, which is produced in the culturing process of reducing bacteria and the use thereof. The complex of the present invention is a complex produced in the culturing process of reducing bacteria and a compound of a metal reducing substance and a culture medium component. The complex is an adsorbent for quickly and efficiently adsorbing ionic substances present in a solution, and also functions as a reducing agent for reducing specific precious metal ions or platinum-group metal ions. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140154769 | OPTICAL FILTER, PRODUCTION SYSTEM USING THE OPTICAL FILTER, AND METHOD OF USING THE OPTICAL FILTER - A production system includes a structure configured to house a light-activated biological pathway. The production system further includes an optical filter attached to the structure. The optical filter is configured to receive light, to reflect a first portion of the received light, and to transmit a second portion of the received light, wherein the first portion has a different wavelength from the second portion. The production system is further configured to position the light-activated biological pathway to receive the second portion of the receive light. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140178961 | CONSTRUCTS AND STRAINS FOR FIXING CARBON DIOXIDE AND METHODS FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a construct for accomplishing fixation of carbon dioxide and/or reduction of carbon dioxide emission in a heterotrophic microorganism (for example, a heterotrophic fermentation strain, such as | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140186916 | ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING CO2 INTO PLANTS - Methods and articles are provided for reducing the amount of water consumed by a plant over a period of time, sequestering CO | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140295520 | ENGINEERED SUBCELLULAR COMPARTMENTS - This disclosure describes a cell that includes an engineered subcellular compartment that generally includes a proteinaceous shell that includes at least one bacterial microcompartment (BMC) polypeptide. In some embodiments, the engineered subcellular compartment can further include one or more targeted enzymes. We further describe methods of making and using such cells. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20160017373 | Bulk Availability and Production of Bioremediation Products - A method for producing and storing a bioremediation product that includes active bacteria for bioremediation of hydrocarbon oil pollution includes storing the bioremediation product in bulk in ready-to-use form for later application at a pollution site. The bioremediation product has a typical shelf life of 2 years or more. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160024449 | FERMENTER SUPPLY METHOD, BIOGAS PLANT, AND CONVERSION METHOD - A biogas plant fermenter supply method increases total throughput of substrate through fermenter chambers while not changing the number of fermenter chambers. An inoculum fermenter chamber is supplied with raw fermentation substrate and fermenting for a dwell time, returning part of the substrate fermented in the inoculum fermenter chamber in the form of a self-inoculating substrate to the inoculum fermenter chamber by a return path, the part being mixed with the raw fermentation substrate, and supplying a fast fermenter chamber coupled to the inoculum fermenter chamber with an additional part of the substrate fermented in the inoculum fermenter chamber in the form of a fast fermenter inoculation substrate and mixing the additional part with fast fermenter raw substrate of an amount per unit of time, wherein fermented output substrate is removed from the fast fermenter chamber after a dwell time of the substrate mixture introduced into the fast fermenter chamber. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160089408 | FERMENTED FOOD IMPROVING BOWEL FUNCTIONS WITH STERCORAL REMOVAL EFFICIENCY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide fermented foods improving bowel functions with stercoral removal efficiency and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of the fermented foods improving bowel functions includes a first process in which herb powder and glasswort powder placed in a cloth pouch together are heated in a potable water, and a second process in which the previously heated mixture is fermented at 20-50° C. with fermenting strain. In a third process, the previously fermented mixture may be solidified then kneaded with | 03-31-2016 |
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