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7611885 Pharmaceutically compatible method for purifying intact bacterial minicells  
The present invention provides a method for purifying bacterial minicells that involves subjecting a sample containing minicells to density gradient centrifugation in a biologically compatible...
7604978 Inhibition of biofilm formation  
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for reducing or inhibiting biofilm comprising modulating expression of a cysB gene in a cell. The invention also provides methods for...
7566528 Method for the identification and/or validation of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors  
An in vivo method for the identification and/or validation of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors is described. Said method is characterized by the following steps: providing host cells comprising...
7560264 High density growth of T7 expression strains with auto-induction option  
Disclosed is a method for promoting auto-induction of transcription of cloned DNA in cultures of bacterial cells grown batchwise, the transcription being under the control of a promoter whose...
7556929 Compositions and methods for screening anti-cancer agents in yeast  
Methods and kits for identifying novel anti-tumor agents are provided.
7547536 Method for detecting bacterial spores  
A method of detecting the presence and quantity of bacterial spores, which includes adding an electrophilic alcohol and an acid anhydride to a sample, admixing the sample with a solvent, and...
7501278 Extracellular potential measuring device and method for fabricating the same  
A device for measuring an extracellular potential of a test cell includes a substrate having a well formed in a first surface thereof and a first trap hole formed therein. The well has a bottom....
7476529 Altering metabolism in biological processes  
Compositions of peptides and surface-active agents are described, as are methods of making and using such compositions. The compositions are capable of affecting metabolic rates in biological...
7452721 Practical serological assay for the clinical diagnosis of leishmaniasis  
Methods for the diagnosis of visceral, cutaneous and canine leishmaniasis in a subject suspected of being infected with the parasitic protozoa Leishmania is disclosed. Disclosed are...
7440160 Electro-optical light modulating element, electro-optical display and modulating medium  
The invention relates to electrooptical light modulating elements, to electrooptical displays containing elements of this type, and to display systems, e.g. television screens and computer...
7435578 Device and methods for monitoring the status of at least one cell  
A device and methods for monitoring status of at least one cell, wherein the cell has a membrane forming a substantially enclosed structure and defining an intracellular space therein. In one...
7396672 Method for the production of dinoflagellate cultures  
A method for selectively enhancing the growth of the population of a dinoflagellate comprises incubating a medium containing at least one dinoflagellate cell in the presence of mimosine or a toxic...
7319028 Process for producing sporangia of Bacillus popilliae, control agent, and controlling method  
The present invention provides a process for efficiently producing sporangia of Bacillus popilliae containing spores and parasporal bodies having controlling effects on Scarabaeidae insects,...
7279301 Methods of determining deficiencies in intracellular levels on cysteine and glutathione  
The present invention provides a method for determining an antioxidant deficiency in a lymphocyte by determining the level of intracellular cysteine in the lymphocyte by measuring lymphocyte growth...
7264951 Enhanced production of taxol and taxanes by cell cultures of Taxus species  
This invention provides methods whereby taxol, baccatin III, and other taxol-like compounds, or taxanes, can be produced in very high yield from all known Taxus species, e.g., brevifolia,...
7241589 Method for preparation of androst-4-ene-3,17-dione and androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione  
The present invention relates to a method for preparation of androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (AD) and androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (ADD). More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for...
7166290 Methods for producing oocysts  
The present invention provides improved methods and compositions for producing oocysts. The oocysts produced according to the invention find use in the manufacture of vaccines. In preferred...
7063969 Yeast-based process for production of l-pac  
The invention provides a method of synthesis of a substituted or unsubstituted carbinol compound, comprising the steps of subjecting the corresponding substituted or unsubstituted aromatic aldehyde...
7018838 Substrates, devices, and methods for cellular assays  
The present invention relates to the field of molecular diagnostics, and in particular to diagnostics based on a liquid crystal assay format. In particular, the present invention provided improved...
7018813 Method for the production of bacterial toxins  
Methods and compositions are provided for the enhanced production of bacterial toxins in large-scale cultures. Specifically, methods and compositions for reducing bacterial toxin expression...
7011957 Isolation and cultivation of microorganisms from natural environments and drug discovery based thereon  
The method of the invention is directed to the novel use of a diffusion chamber within which previously “uncultivatible” microorganisms can be isolated. Rather than attempting to replicate the...
7001758 Microbial biodegradation of phosphonates  
A biodegradation process for the organophosphonate product of Sarin (O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate) hydrolysis, i.e., isopropylmethylphosphonate (IMPA). This process provides a feasible...
6991931 Method for the use of polyhydroxyalkanoate levels to maintain bioreactor health  
A method has been developed to maintain the health of an activated sludge environment in a wastewater process comprising monitoring the levels of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) produced as an...
6977166 Method of producing an oil including docosahexaenoic acid  
C. cohnii is cultured in a suitable growth medium with acetic acid/acetate as the main carbon source. The acetate is provided, and replenished, by adding acetic acid to the growth medium in...
6955911 Method of culturing microorganism  
In cultivating a microorganism having nitrile hydratase production ability, by allowing at least one of a ketose, such as fructose, and a sugar alcohol, such as mannitol, to be present, growth...
6946277 Method for enhancing cellobiase activity of termitomyces clypeatus using a glycosylation inhibitor  
This invention provides a method for enhancing the cellobiase activity of the strain Termitimyces clypeatus using 2-deoxy-D-glucose as glycosylation inhibitor, said process comprises inoculating...
6939705 Method of protecting L. johnsonii La1 against stress  
A bacterial cell having protection against conditions which are lethal to an unprotected bacterial cell wherein, the protected cell is obtained by subjecting a bacterial cell to treatment with a...
6919197 Materials and methods for the efficient production of Pasteuria  
The subject invention provides novel and advantageous methods for growing bacteria. The methods of the subject invention are particularly advantageous for growing parasitic bacteria, in vitro,...
6893857 Method for using hops acid for controlling microorganisms in a sugar-containing aqueous process medium  
The invention relates to a method for controlling microorganisms in a sugar-containing aqueous process medium, especially in the sugar industry, using hop bitter acid as active substance. The hop...
6872562 Herbicide resistant dinitrogen fixing bacteria and method of use  
The present invention is directed to herbicide resistant N 2 fixing bacteria. The bacteria are useful for effecting N 2 fixation, nodulation, growth and yield of herbicide resistant or tolerant...
6867023 Production method of polyhydroxyalkanoate from substituted fatty acid ester as raw material  
Polyhydroxyalkanoates comprising a monomer unit having the following chemical formula (2): (where the reference characters R represents an arbitrarily selected substituent and x represents an...
6855536 Materials and methods for the enhancement of effective root nodulation in legumes  
The subject invention relates to compounds and compositions which induce transcripts of the nolA gene in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, such as Bradyrhizobium japonicum . Novel bacterial strains which...
6846667 Virulence genes and proteins, and their use  
The present invention is based on the identification of a series of virulence genes in E. coli K1, the products of which may be implicated in the pathogenicity of the organisms. The...
6843961 Reduction of contaminants in blood and blood products using photosensitizers and peak wavelengths of light  
Methods and apparatuses are provided for inactivation of pathogens in fluids containing blood products. Preferred methods include the steps of adding an effective, nontoxic amount of a...
6825002 Process for producing carotenoid pigments  
The present invention provides a method for changing production ratios of carotenoid compounds in a process of microbiological production of a plurality of carotenoid compounds. By controlling the...
6818211 Gram-positive fatty acid degrader  
The invention discloses a Gram-positive microorganism, Bacillus megaterium that effectively and efficiently degrades fats, oils and grease. A composition comprising said microorganism and a...
6812007 Process for the isolation and purification of mevinolin  
In a process for preparing mevinolin by fermentation of a biomass in a fermentation liquor, which includes dissolving mevinolin from the biomass into the fermentation liquor, and separating the...
6794175 Strain of Eubacterium that detoxyfies trichothenes  
Microorganism of the genus Eubacterium, and its obtainment and use, which is suitable in pure culture, DSM 11798, and/or mixed culture with the strain Enterococcus casseliflavus , DSM 11799, or in...
6767533 Use of a substance binding with the peripheral benzodiazepin receptor for treating skin stress  
A composition containing a peripheral benzodiazepine receptor ligand for topical use in the treatment of cutaneous stress.
6750012 Method of identifying a psychotropic agent using differential gene expression  
Disclosed are methods of identifying psychotropic agents that do not induce motor side effects using differential gene expression. Also disclosed are novel nucleic acid sequences whose expression...
6716617 Fermentation method with continuous mass cultivation of ciliates (protozoa) for producing biogenous valuable substances  
In the fermentation process according to the invention with continuous mass cultivation of ciliates (protozoa), the ciliate cells are cultivated in a complex axenic medium—free from living feed...
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...
6677149 Method for stabilizing nitrilase activity and preserving microbial cells with carbamate salts  
A method for preserving immobilized or unimmobilized microbial cells having nitrilase activity and for stabilizing the nitrilase activity of unimmobilized or immobilized microbial cells has been...
6664095 Solid state fermentation  
The present invention provides an improved solid state fermentation device that combines all of the operations of microorganism cultivation (sterilization, inoculation, cultivation, extraction, and...
6653135 Dynamic protein signature assay  
An assay to determine the specific expression and suppression of proteins in response to a stressor is disclosed. An organism exposed to a stressor, including disease caused by exposure to, e.g., a...
6646185 Genetic transformation method for zoysiagrass  
The present invention provides an efficient genetic transformation system for the zoysiagrass plant ( Zoysia japonica Steud.). Also provided are optimized media compositions and culture conditions...
6632649 Process for producing burkholderia cepacia in the presence of tert-butanol or tert-amyl alcohol, the inoculum produced, and a process for degrading said alcohols  
The growth of the bacterium, Burkholderia cepacia (ex Pseudomonas cepacia ) CIP 1-2052 is substantially increased when it is supplied with tert-butanol (TBA) or tert-amyl alcohol (TAA) as the...
6617126 Method for improving the growth and colorimetric detection of bacteria, yeasts, fungi or cocci  
The present invention relates to a method for improving the growth and detection of bacteria, yeasts, fungi or cocci, by adding sterile-filtered yeast extract and/or p-iodonitrotetrazolium violet...
6610530 Method of improving biomass yield of lactic acid bacterial cultures  
A method of enhancing biomass yield of a lactic acid bacterial species cell culture, comprising cultivating the cells in a process comprising the steps of providing conditions that results in a...
6589771 Methods for arousing dormant bacteria  
A method for arousing dormant bacteria. The method comprises inducing diffusion of intracellular solutes from dormant bacteria and then allowing an adjustment period for a length of time sufficient...