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7608439 |
Bio-recycling of carbon dioxide emitted from power plants
The invention provides a method to decrease emission of carbon dioxide from combustion of fossil fuels or other hydrocarbons and to enhance the efficiency of methane production from anaerobic...
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7592153 |
Method of reducing metal ions to elemental metal in the vicinity of an oxido-reductase enzyme
Disclosed are methods and materials for utilizing enzymes to act on metal ions in solution so that the ions are reduced to metal. Additionally disclosed is how to use enzymes to accumulate metal...
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7575907 |
Process for microbial production of hydrogen and methane fuels
The invention provides a process for producing hydrogen and methane gases by microbial fermentation. The process involves a first reactor in which a fermentation produces hydrogen and a liquid...
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7531159 |
Method for extracting H2S from sour gas
This invention teaches a process that includes extraction of gas in which the presence of foam results in the carry over in the outlet gas stream of excessive liquids and/or solids, including the...
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7501270 |
Oxygen-resistant hydrogenases and methods for designing and making same
The invention provides oxygen- resistant iron-hydrogenases ([Fe]-hydrogenases) for use in the production of H2. Methods used in the design and engineering of the oxygen-resistant [Fe]-hydrogenases...
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7473552 |
Production of hydrogen gas and isolation of hydrogen producing microorganisms using replenishing coated substrates
The present invention provides a system of baiting and growing microorganisms on a gelatinous matrix. A bioreactor is provided wherein the bioreactor provides an environment conducive to the...
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7452703 |
Uranium enrichment using microorganisms
The present invention provides methods for separating isotopes of actinide elements such as uranium using microorganisms, e.g., metal or sulfate reducing bacteria. The microorganisms reduce the...
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7439047 |
Process for producing hydrogen
A process for producing hydrogen from bio-oxidisable material is disclosed herein. The process comprises the steps of—introducing the bio-oxidisable material into a reactor provided with an anode...
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7432091 |
Highly efficient hydrogen production method using microorganism
It is intended to obtain anaerobic microbial cells in an amount sufficient for hydrogen generation reaction, impart a hydrogen generation function to an aerobic microorganism within a short time...
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7371560 |
Photosynthetic hydrogen production
A process for the production of hydrogen, comprising the steps of: (i) providing a photosynthetic microorganism having electron transfer capability through a photosynthetic light reaction pathway...
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7354733 |
Method for sorting and separating living cells
We disclose methods of sorting or separating mixtures of living cells (e.g., eukaryotic, prokaryotic, mammalian, pathogenic, bacterial, viral, etc.). We perform our methods by activating...
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7232669 |
Process for enhancing anaerobic biohydrogen production
Disclosed herein is a process for enhancing anaerobic biohydrogen production, including: adding into a reactor an organic waste containing hydrogen-producing anaerobic bacteria, a first substrate,...
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7229807 |
Decomposition and modification of silicate and silicone by silase and use of the reversible enzyme
Silicatein is an enzyme of silicate-forming organisms used for the synthesis of their silicate scaffold. The present invention relates to the use of highly-expressed and highly active recombinant...
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7214516 |
Bacterial effects on metal accumulation by plants
The invention includes methods for (1) extracting metals from soil by the use of plants that extract and accumulate the metal and adding bacteria to the soil that enhances the ability of the plants...
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7189527 |
Bacterial oxidation of sulphide ores and concentrates
A process for bacterial oxidation of sulphide ores and concentrates in which the ore or concentrate is leached with a bacterial culture containing one or more strains of both Sulfobacillus and ...
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7176005 |
Modulation of sulfate permease for photosynthetic hydrogen production
Sustained hydrogen production is obtained by the culturing of a genetically-modified algae, where the ability of the chloroplasts to intake sulfate is reduced or eliminated compared to wild-type...
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7169589 |
Silicatein-mediated synthesis of amorphous silicates and siloxanes and use thereof
Silicatein is an enzyme of silicate-forming organisms used for the synthesis of their silicate scaffold. The present invention relates to the use of highly-expressed and highly active recombinant...
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7083956 |
Method for hydrogen production from organic wastes using a two-phase bioreactor system
A method and system for hydrogen production in which a feedstock of at least one biodegradable solid is introduced into a first stage anaerobic bioreactor and a liquid effluent formed. The liquid...
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7060473 |
Fermentative process for making inorganic nanoparticles
A method for producing mixed metal oxide compounds includes the steps of: providing a supply of a metal reducing bacteria; providing a culture medium suitable for growth of the bacteria; providing...
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7060472 |
Calcium phosphate nanoclusters and their applications
Artificial particles known as calcium phosphate nanoclusters, which contain high concentrations of calcium, particularly for use in nutritional products, neutraceuticals and pharmacological...
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7022504 |
Method for the bacterially assisted heap leaching of chalcopyrite
A method for the bacterially assisted heap leaching of chalcopyrite includes providing a chalcopyrite containing ore heap to oxidize sulphide minerals therein, the heap containing and/or being...
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7018593 |
Base metal recovery from a tailings dump by bacterial oxidation
A method of recovering base metal from a tailings dump which includes the steps of: aerating a surface layer of the dump; adjusting the pH and the moisture content of the surface layer to provide...
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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...
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6942998 |
Process for generation of hydrogen gas from various feedstocks using thermophilic bacteria
A method for producing hydrogen gas is provided comprising selecting a bacteria from the Order Thermotogales, subjecting the bacteria to a feedstock and to a suitable growth environment having an...
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6887692 |
Method and apparatus for hydrogen production from organic wastes and manure
A method for hydrogen production from biodegradable feedstocks in which a feedstock having at least one biodegradable solid is introduced into a first stage anaerobic bioreactor operating at...
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6872931 |
Optical input device for measuring finger movement
An optical input device for measuring the movement of a finger ( 15 ) ia accommodated in a housing provided with a transparent window ( 12 ) for transmitting a measurement beam ( 13 ) from a diode...
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6812011 |
Process for the removal of calcium ions from the brine by marine cyanobacteria
This invention relates to new use of marine cyanobacteria lyngbya, Oscillatoria, Sprulina, Anabaena and Synechocystis deposited with ATCC having accession numbers ATCC PTA-4602 and 4603 for the...
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6786948 |
Method for phytomining of nickel, cobalt and other metals from soil
The recovery of nickel, cobalt and other metals by phytomining is described. Plants of the Alyssum genus are grown in nickel rich soil. The uptake of nickel is enhanced by maintaining specific soil...
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6783963 |
Process for the preparation of metal sulfide nanoparticles
The process of the invention reports a new biological method, instead of chemical or physical methods, for preparing colloidal nano-sized metal sulphides using fungi.
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6720171 |
Combinatorial preparation and testing of heterogeneous catalysts
A process for preparing arrays of two or more heterogeneous catalysts, heterogeneous catalyst precursors, or combinations thereof in a body having preferably parallel through-channels. In this...
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6635456 |
Procedure for the preparation of pure phosphatides with phospholipase D
Process for preparing pure phosphatides starting from mixtures of natural phosphatides, or their single components, such as soybean or egg lecithin or animal phospholipids, or from synthetic...
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6623954 |
Process for removal of phosphorous from a dairy stream
The invention relates to a method of removing phosphorous from sialyloligosaccharides isolated from a dairy stream using phytase.
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6521201 |
Process for recovery of high purity hydrophilic sulfur
High quality hydrophilic sulfur is recovered from a biologial conversion zone in which a sulfur containing compound such as a sulfide is converted to elemental sulfur. The sulfur is rendered...
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6503508 |
Polypeptides having haloperoxidase activity
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having haloperoxidase activity. The invention also relates to methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
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6479050 |
Trace element-rich additive, method for preparing same, preparation in which the additive is included and use thereof
The invention provides a method for preparing an additive that is rich in trace-elements, which method comprises the steps of: a) providing a culture medium to which the trace element or compound...
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6444453 |
Mixed oxide nanoparticles and method of making
Methods and apparatus for producing mixed oxide nanoparticulates are disclosed. Selected thermophilic bacteria cultured with suitable reducible metals in the presence of an electron donor may be...
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6395521 |
Microbial process for producing hydrogen
In hydrogen production with microorganisms, cultivation of a microalga under light and aerobic conditions and/or hydrogen production by a photosynthetic bacterium under light and anaerobic...
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6387669 |
Methods for producing hydrogen (BI) sulfide and/or removing metals
The present invention is a process wherein sulfide production by bacteria is efficiently turned on and off, using pH adjustment. The adjustment of pH impacts sulfide production by bacteria by...
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6350605 |
Microorganisms, microbial symbionts, their culture methods, and methods for treating manganese-containing water using them
This invention relates to a novel microorganism capable of oxidizing manganese such as the genus Cedecea bacterium GSJ/MITA24A/ASHO-RO/1, the genus Aeromonas bacterium GSJ/MITA24B/ASHO-RO/2, or the...
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6342378 |
Biogasification of solid waste with an anaerobic-phased solids-digester system
The present invention provides methods for the generation of methane by a two phase anaerobic phase system (APS) digestion of organic substrates. Also provided is a device for practicing the...
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6294362 |
Rapid ferrous sulfate biooxidation
Disclosed is an improved process for using iron-oxidizing bacteria to reactivate the raffinate ferrous sulfate solution in chemical leach operations. The process uses a biological raffinate...
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6284502 |
Process for converting phytate into inorganic phosphate
A process is provided for converting phytate in a food into inorganic phosphate. The process comprises the steps of: (i) mechanically mixing a slurry comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight of...
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6261591 |
Method for reducing hip joint laxity
Nutritionally balanced dog food compositions containing a dietary source of pyrophosphate, for reducing the incidence and extent of hip joint subluxation in dogs, and method of use. One embodiment...
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6136588 |
Genes encoding denitrification reactions
This invention relates to the isolation of nucleic acid fragments from Pseudomonas sp. strain G-179 that encode periplasmic nitrate reductase and nitric oxide reductase enzymes. The enzymes are...
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6107065 |
Nonstirred bioreactor for processing refractory sulfide concentrates and method for operating same
A method of biooxidizing sulfide minerals in a nonstirred bioreactor is provided. According to the disclosed method, a concentrate of sulfide minerals is coated onto a plurality of substrates, such...
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6043022 |
Apparatus and method for the generation and use of ferric ions
An apparatus and method for the generation and use of ferric ions produced by acidophilic, chemoautotrophic bacteria.
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5989513 |
Biologically assisted process for treating sour gas at high pH
A process for biologically enhancing an iron-based redox process for catalytic oxidation of a sulfide compound such as hydrogen sulfide from a gas in a redox system wherein said catalyst comprises...
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5972686 |
Ice nucleation active microorganism
The present invention relates to a novel ice nucleation active Xanthomonas strain and a bacterial ice nucleator comprising the ice nucleation active microorganism which can be applied for food...
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5948652 |
Method of manufacturing a piezosensitive material or a magnetic material
A method is disclosed for producing magnetic or piezoelectric particles consisting of dried microorganisms which contain fixed magnetic or piezoelectric powder. The microorganisms are cultured in a...
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5942424 |
Method for the enzymatic production of hydrogen
The present invention is an enzymatic method for producing hydrogen comprising the steps of: a) forming a reaction mixture within a reaction vessel comprising a substrate capable of undergoing...
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