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7615233 Particulate construct comprising polyhydroxyalkanoate and method for producing it  
The invention provides a particulate construct comprising a polyhydroxyalkanoate to serve as microcapsules containing a drug, and serving a slow releasing preparation not associated with a...
7579176 Method for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoic acid  
Embodiments of the invention relate to the microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoic acids, or polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), from substrates which cannot be used as a source of carbon and/or...
7563606 Method for producing non-amino organic acid  
Non-amino organic acids such as succinic acid, malic acid and fumaric acid are produced by reacting bacterial cells or treated bacterial cells of a coryneform bacterium with an organic raw material...
7320884 Fermentation process  
A process for forming a color and odor stable polycarboxylic acid or polyhydroxy acid is provided. The process is carried out by fermenting a mixture containing a substrate which can be converted...
7270947 Method for controlling biooxidation reactions  
Biooxidation reactions can be controlled by a method which comprises the steps of: (1) independently adding a substrate and a co-substrate at predetermined rates to a bioxidation reaction mixture...
7049111 Process for producing HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor  
The present invention relates to a protein derived from a microorganism belonging to the genus Bacillus , which has an activity of hydroxylating a compound represented by the formula (I-a): ...
7022503 Process for the stereoselective preparation of functionalized vicinal diols  
The present invention relates to a process for the kinetic resolution of racemic functionalized epoxides in the presence of microorganisms, crude or pure preparations thereof comprising a...
6987011 Process for production of biopolymers from nitrogen deficient wastewater  
A process for producing biopolymers comprises passing nitrogen deficient wastewater through a treatment system comprising micro-organisms which grow aerobically in nitrogen deficient wastewater,...
6939706 Method for decomposing polyesters containing aromatic moieties, a denier reduction method of fiber, and microorganism having activity of decomposing the polyester  
A polyester containing aromatic moieties is contacted with microorganisms having the activity of decomposing the polyester to decompose or reduce it. Preferably, either or both of Trichosporon ...
6926810 Process for obtaining an organic acid from an organic acid ammonium salt, an organic acid amide, or an alkylamine organic acid complex  
Disclosed herein are methods for the recovery of an organic acid, such as a heat stable lactic acid, from a feed stream which contains at least one of an organic acid amide, an organic acid...
6872788 Production method of polyester containing epoxy group in side chain and production method of crosslinked polymer  
A method is provided which biosynthesizes a PHA having an epoxy group on a side chain with improved physicochemical properties. Specifically, a method of producing a polyester containing an epoxy...
6794165 Biological method for the production of adipic acid and intermediates  
A gene cluster has been isolated from an Acinetobacter sp. that encodes the enzymes expected to convert cyclohexanol to adipic acid. The entire gene cluster has been cloned and all open reading...
6777213 Isolation of carboxylic acids from fermentation broth  
A process for recovering carboxylic acids from an aqueous mixture such as a fermentation broth using a solvent containing at least one olefin without the need for first removing the spent...
6682914 Bioactive tetracyclic diterpene compounds and methods of preparation and use thereof  
Newly-isolated and purified metabolites which are effective in regulating the development of at least one filamentous fungal microorganism species are disclosed. These compounds, which are referred...
6660503 Modification of polysaccharides by means of a phenol oxidizing enzyme  
The present invention deals with a process for oxidation of a hydroxy group of C 1 and/or C 2 and/or C 3 and/or C 4 and/or C 5 and/or C 6 of a sugar monomer of an oligo- or a polysaccharide...
6649380 Method for controlling molecular weight of polyhydroxyalkanote constituted on units containing residue of pheynyl-, thienyl-, or cyclohexyl-structure in side chain of molecule  
A method is provided for controlling the molecular weight of a polyhydroxyalkanoate containing at least one of a unit: —[OCH((CH 2 ) m R 1 )CH 2 C(O)]— (m=1-8; R 1 is a residue having a ring...
6600029 Metabolic engineering of polyhydroxyalkanoate monomer synthases  
A novel pathway for the synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate is provided. A method of synthesizing a recombinant polyhydroxyalkanoate monomer synthase is also provided. These recombinant...
6596521 Method for manufacturing organic acid by high-efficiency continuous fermentation  
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing organic acid by high-efficiency fermentation, which comprises the steps of continuous culture of organic acid bacteria and collection of...
6514743 Polyester synthase and a gene coding for the same  
The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or an amino acid sequence having one or more amino acids deleted, replaced or added. The polypeptide...
6492147 Method for producing microbial polyester  
A method for producing a microbial polyester by culturing a microorganism being capable of producing a poly hydroxyalkanoate polyester in a culture medium containing 1-hexene as a sole carbon source.
6461840 Terephthalic acid producing proteobacteria  
This invention relates to a biocatalytic process to produce terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid from p-xylene and m-xylene, respectively. Terephthalic acid has been prepared by oxidizing...
6410306 Enantioselective enzymatic hydrolysis of 3-substituted esters of glutaric acid  
A process is provided for preparing an S-enantiomer compound having the formula in enantiomeric excess, or an R-enantiomer compound having the formula in enantiomeric excess, said process...
6410265 Gene encoding a putive efflux protein for solvents/antibiotics in Pseudomonas mendocina  
This invention relates to the isolation of a novel putative efflux gene from Pseudomonas mendocina . The putative efflux gene is useful for probing an organism's efflux system to gain an...
6344348 Process for the production of aspartic acid condensate  
The invention provides a process for the production of aspartic acid poly-condensate from a carbohydrate comprising the steps of: fermenting a carbohydrate-containing medium by means of a fumaric...
6303351 Process for the continuous production of citric acid by fermentation  
A process for producing citric acid/citrate for use in producing citric acid, comprising the steps of continuously feeding to a fermenter containing a yeast capable of transforming glucose to...
6288275 Separation and purification of carboxylic acids from fermentation broths  
Carboxylic acids, particularly dicarboxylic acids, are separated from a fermentation broth by adjusting the pH of the fermentation broth to about 2.0 or below, and then heating the broth to a...
6245538 Process for recovering carboxylic acids from a fermentation broth  
Carboxylic acids are recovered from a fermentation broth by adjusting the pH of a fermentation broth comprised of a carboxylic acid to at least about 6.0 and then heating the pH-adjusted broth to a...
6187569 Microbial production of terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid  
This invention relates to a biocatalytic process to produce terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid from p-xylene and m-xylene, respectively. Terephthalic acid has been prepared by oxidizing...
6171831 Method for the production of itaconic acid using aspergillus terreus solid state fermentation  
The method to produce itaconic acid is a solid-state fermentation method. Sugarcane pressmud or peeled sugarcane pressmud is the support used to adsorb liquid medium for the production of itaconic...
6066480 Method for high specific bioproductivity of α,ω-alkanedicarboxylic acids  
This invention provides a low-cost method of producing α,ω-alkanedicarboxylic acids. Particular bioconversion conditions result in highly efficient conversion of fatty acid, fatty acid ester, or...
6004784 Fermentation medium and method for producing α, ω -alkanedicarboxylic acids  
This invention describes a low cost biofermentation medium, and an economical method using the medium, for the manufacture of α, ω-alkanedicarboxylic acids. The invention provides a...
5962285 Process for making polycarboxylic acids  
Aliphatic polycarboxylic acids are made by a process comprising the steps of: (1) fermenting a beta-oxidation blocked C. tropicalis cell wherein both copies of the chromosomal POX5 gene and the...
5918747 Process for recovering polyhydroxyalkanoates using centrifugal fractionation  
The present invention relates to a process for recovering polyhydroxyalkanoate from a biological source material containing the polyhydroxyalkanoate, the process comprising: a) comminuting the...
5869301 Method for the production of dicarboxylic acids  
The present invention is an economical fermentation method for the production of carboxylic acids comprising the steps of a) inoculating a medium having a carbon source with a carboxylic...
5780276 Recovery of carboxylic acid from organic solution that contains an amine and an extraction enhancer  
Recovery of carboxylic acid from an amine-based, water-immiscible organic extractant solution thereof that contains an enhancer, by extraction of the acid into an aqueous phase. A low molecular, at...
5773240 Optically active α-substituted carboxylic acid derivatives and method for producing the same  
The present invention relates to an optically active α-substituted carboxylic acid derivative represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R 1 is a hydroxyl group, ##STR2## R 2 is a...
5766439 Production and recovery of organic acids  
A process is described for producing organic acids such as lactic acid. The process includes the steps of producing lactic acid by fermentation, resulting in an aqueous fermentation broth...
5759826 Process of preparing an organic acid  
A process is disclosed for preparing an organic acid and/or its salts from a solution obtained through fermentation. In this process, a pure carbohydrate-containing raw material is used. The...
5670345 Biological production of humic acid and clean fuels from coal  
Coal is treated aerobically or anaerobically to produce humic acid, volatile fatty acids, lower alcohols, and/or methane using a consortium of bacteria designated Mic-1 or KSARC56. This process can...
5667996 Process for production of bacterial cells containing poly-3-hydroxy butyric acid  
Disclosed is a process for accumulating a poly-3-hydroxy butyric acid in bacterial cells by continuously fermenting a methanol-assimilating bacterium having a capability of producing a...
5667995 Process for the preparation of cyclic ketones  
We describe a bioorganic process for the preparation of cyclopentanone and cyclopentenone derivatives of formula ##STR1## by β-oxidation of appropriate substrates, carried out by means of...
5648247 Method for increasing the omega-hydroxylase activity in candida tropicals  
The omega-hydroxylase activity in the yeast Candida tropicalis is increased by amplification of the P450ALK and P450RED genes. The specific productivity (grams of dicarboxylic acid/liter/hr) of...
5637485 Production of itaconic acid by fermentation  
Itaconic acid and/or salt thereof is produced via aerobic microbial fermentation, for example by means of the species Aspergillus terreus or Aspergillus itaconicus, of a nutrient medium containing...
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...
5532149 Removal of phthalyl groups from amides and esters using an amidase isolated from Xanthobacter Agilis  
Phthalyl amidase is an enzyme previously unknown in the art that catalyzes removal of the phthalyl moiety from phthalyl-containing amides. The current invention provides a phthalyl amidase, a...
5523220 Method for producing 3,4-dihydroxyphthalic acid  
There is disclosed a method for producing 3,4-dihydroxyphthalic acid, comprising treating phthalic acid with a product which is obtained by treating the cell membrane fraction of microorganism...
5502273 Production of polyhydroxy alkanoate in plants  
A plant which produces polyhydroxyalkanoate polymer has a recombinant genome which contains one or more than one of the genes specifying enzymes critical to the polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthetic...
5487987 Synthesis of adipic acid from biomass-derived carbon sources  
A method is provided for producing adipic acid. The method comprises the steps of culturing a cell transformant capable of converting a carbon source to catechol for a period of time sufficient to...
5371002 Method of production of poly-beta-hydroxyalkanoate copolymers  
The invention related to recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) technology and, more particularly, to a process whereby poly-beta-hydroxyalkanoate (PHA) copolymers can be synthesized in a...
5344769 Microbiological production of polyesters  
The invention relates to a microbiological process for the production of polyesters and utilizes bacteria of the Pseudomanas fluorescens rRNA branch according to the phylogenetic classification of...
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