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5968504 |
Fungus Gliocladium catenulatum for biological control of plant diseases
The present invention relates to biological control of plant diseases and concerns new Gliocladium catenulatum fungi and their use for controlling fungal infections in plants. The invention...
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5968360 |
Composition and method for degradation of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds
Methods and compositions are disclosed for the microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds (PCBs) at a concentration of 100-200 mg/kg soil in contaminated environments, using...
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5968359 |
Biotechnological purification of soil and water containing heavy metals
In a method of cleaning up heavy metal-laden waters and soils, conditions are established in the soils and waters to be treated so that the microorganism present there will form hydrogen sulfide,...
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5965024 |
Microbiological degradation of alkylene amine acetates
The microbiological degradation of alkylene amine acetates under alkaline conditions using microorganisms present in activated sludge is achieved by contacting the alkylene amine acetate-containing...
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5965431 |
Aerobic biodegradation of aromatic compounds having low water solubility using Bacillus thermoleovorans strain DSM 10561
A process for the aerobic biological break-down of substances having low water solubility in an aqueous medium, and a microorganism, Bacillus thermoleovorans strain DSM 10561 and an enzyme obtained...
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5962305 |
Microbial strain, method for biodegrading organic compounds and method for environmental remediation
A novel microbial strain JMC1 (FERM BP-5960) that it is a mutant strain derived from JM1 (FERM BP-5352) constitutively expressing oxygenase, and a method for biodegrading aromatic compounds and...
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5962309 |
Extruded foamed polyolefin resin carrier for microorganisms in a fluidized bed
A microorganism holding carrier for a fluidized bed is provided that includes an extruded foamed article having continuous cells and independent cells. The article is composed of a polyolefin resin...
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5962284 |
Acrylamidase enzymes
Acrylamidase enzymes are provided which have acrylamidase activity at pH 4.0 which is at least 50% of their acrylamidase activity at pH 7.0. Such enzymes can be produced by the novel microorganisms...
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5958740 |
Genetically enhanced cellulase production in Pseudomonas cellulosa using recombinant DNA technology
An enhanced strain of Pseudomonas celllulosa was obtained by introducing a recombinant genetic construct comprising a heterologous cellulase gene operably connected to a promoter into ATCC 55702,...
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5958756 |
Method and apparatus for treating waste
A process for digesting solid waste material comprises collecting the waste from a first location in a solids digestion vessel and transporting it to a second location where a fluids digestion...
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5958757 |
Biological conversion of organic compounds
Saturated aliphatic halocarbons, including environmental contaminants, are degraded to innocuous, environmentally acceptable compounds by contact, either in situ or in a bioreactor, with...
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5955350 |
Sequential biological/chemical/biological treatment of organic waste
A process for remediation of contaminated solid materials comprising polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated solid materials, polychlorinated hydrocarbon contaminated materials, and mixtures...
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5945332 |
Cylindrical sieving and composting device and a method using the device
Method of continuous treatment and purification of biologically decomposable waste and liquid in a rotatably elongated perforated cylinder longitudinally divided into a dewatering and wet...
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5945318 |
Refining oil compositions
This invention relates to a process for treating an oil composition containing saturated and unsaturated fatty acids in the form of triglycerides, with at least some of the unsaturated fatty acids...
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5945331 |
Microorganisms, and method for biodegradation of organic compounds and method for environmental remediation
Novel microorganism strains JM2N (FERM BP-5961), JM6U (FERM BP-5962) and JM7 (FERM BP-5975), mutants of strain J1 (FERM BP-5102), constitutively expressing an oxygenase, and a method for...
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5935843 |
Method and apparatus for waste degradation
A liquid waste degradation apparatus (10) and method using microorganism (15) in solution (13) to degrade waste compositions typically found in restaurant settings, is described. The microorganisms...
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5935844 |
Porous cellulose carrier for immobilizing microorganisms to convert nitrogen compounds
A carrier for immobilizing microorganisms is prepared by producing a porous cellulose derivative by reacting porous cellulose such as foamed cellulose with a compound selected from the group...
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5932472 |
Method for degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls in soil
The present invention is directed to a method for the safe and efficient degradation of Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in PCB contaminated soil into non-hazardous by products. The method...
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5928859 |
Detection and biodegradation of explosives
An enzyme capable of catalyzing the removal of nitrite from pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) is provided. The enzyme (known as PETN reductase enzyme) is produced by culturing a novel strain of...
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5925556 |
Method of degrading polylactic acid resin using staphylococcus hominis and staphylococcus epidermidis
A microorganism belonging to the genus Staphylococcus or the genus Streptomyces which is capable of degrading a polylactic acid resin. A method of degrading a polylactic acid resin including a step...
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5922559 |
Method and apparatus for determining nutrient stimulation of biological processes
A method and apparatus for determining the nutrients to stimulate microorganisms in a particular environment. A representative sample of microorganisms from a particular environment are contacted...
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5922204 |
Method and apparatus for bioremediation of mixed hazardous wastes
A method and apparatus for bioremediation of mixed hazardous waste is discussed. The method and apparatus can be used for treatment of a liquid or slurry hazardous waste stream (e.g., industrial...
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5919696 |
Method for microbially decomposing organic compounds and method for isolating microorganism
The method of isolating organic compound-degradable microorganisms included in this invention is characteristic in that microorganisms in the organic compound contaminated sample, for example an...
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5914441 |
Biocatalyzed anaerobic oxidation of metal sulfides for recovery of metal values
A method and apparatus for anaerobic oxidation of metal sulfides in ores and concentrates. Base-metal and precious-metal ores and concentrates often contain metal sulfides, such iron sulfides...
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5911877 |
Device for maintaining bacterial levels within an organic waste collection container
A device for maintaining effective bacterial levels within a collecting container of an organic matter collection system of the type having a collecting container having a bottom and a liquid to...
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5912398 |
Biomediated continuous release phosphate fertilizer
A composition is disclosed for providing phosphate fertilizer to the root zone of plants. The composition comprises a microorganism capable of producing and secreting a solubilization agent, a...
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5910440 |
Method for the removal of organic sulfur from carbonaceous materials
A process to remove organic sulfur from organic compounds and organic carbonaceous fuel substrates containing sulfur compounds having sulfur-carbon bonds is disclosed. The steps of the process...
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5908774 |
Remediation of pesticide-contaminated soil
The present invention provides a method of remediating soil contaminated with organochlorine pesticides by introducing methanotrophic bacteria to the soil if methanotrophic bacteria are not present...
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5906931 |
Method and device for digestion of sludge
Method and device for digestion of sludge, sludge being transferred stepwise to closed containers (10A, 10B) and gas generated during the digestion process being transferred from said containers...
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5906932 |
Process for soil remediation and apparatus used therefor
A soil remedying process for the soil contaminated with a volatile pollutant, which comprises the steps of forming in a probe a remediation site containing a microorganism which can degrade the...
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5902734 |
Biodegradation of ethers using an isolated mixed bacterial culture
An isolated mixed bacterial culture, preferably BC-1, ATCC No. 202057, which degrades ethers, especially branched alkylethers including MTBE, under aerobic conditions has been prepared.
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5902744 |
Compost decontamination of soil contaminated with chlorinated toxicants
The present invention provides a process of decontaminating, by composting under specific conditions, soil and/or sediments containing certain toxic cyclical organic compound contaminants by...
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5895832 |
Process for the treatment of contaminated material
A process for the decontamination of a medium comprising a particulate material contaminated with one or more metal species, the process comprising the steps of treating a body of the said medium...
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5891339 |
Process for the degradation of chlorite
The present invention provides a process for the degradation of chlorite into chloride and oxygen with the aid of chlorite dismutase or chlorites dismutase-containing microorganisms. Virtually...
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5891408 |
Process for purifying flue gas containing nitrogen oxides
A process and a device for purifying flue gas containing nitrogen oxides, in which the flue gas is scrubbed with a circulating scrubbing liquid which contains a transition metal chelate such as Fe...
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5888021 |
Method and apparatus for remediation of contaminated soil
A method for remedying an environment containing a pollutant using microorganisms comprising a step of injecting a liquid containing a microorganism which can decompose the pollutant into a...
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5888395 |
Method for enhanced longevity of in situ microbial filter used for bioremediation
An improved method for in situ microbial filter bioremediation having increasingly operational longevity of an in situ microbial filter emplaced into an aquifer. A method for generating a microbial...
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5885825 |
Biochemical transformation of coals
A method of biochemically transforming macromolecular compounds found in solid carbonaceous materials, such as coal is provided. The preparation of new microorganisms, metabolically weaned through...
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5886144 |
***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Conversion of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene to a mixture of biodegradable compounds by dissolution in alkaline solution
An efficient and low-cost method for conversion of TNT by alkaline degradon to a mixture of products and the subsequent mineralization of such products by microbes.
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5882917 |
Method for survival of foreign microorganism and method for remedying environment by using it
A survival method for a foreign microorganism, which comprises the steps of disturbing the equilibrium state of an ecosystem in which plural kinds of microorganisms coexist, to temporarily bring...
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5879928 |
Composition for the treatment for municipal and industrial waste-water
A composition for the treatment of municipal and industrial waste-water. The composition comprises a yeast fermentation supernatant, preservatives and a non-ionic surfactant. In a preferred...
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5879950 |
Materials and methods for digestion of DNA or RNA using restriction endonucleases
Disclosed are improvements for enzyme-catalyzed reactions involving DNA or RNA, including restriction digests, which are based on conducting such reactions in the presence of lipids.
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5877390 |
Method for dispersing chemicals and microorganisms into soil using explosives
A method and apparatus for diffusing a treating agent into a medium, a method and apparatus for injecting a liquid into a medium, and a method of remedying soil. The method of diffusing a treating...
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5877014 |
Penicillium strain for bioremediation
A new strain Penicillium Sp.B1 ATCC74414 has been discovered that is capable of degrading polymeric aromatic dyes, including azo dyes. The invention features new Penicillium strains, and mutants...
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5876990 |
Biochemical media system for reducing pollution
A first media provides an oxygen inducer such as catalase, bound and stabilized in pellet form so as to dissipate slowly into aqueous surroundings. A second media provides an oxygen supplier such...
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5874294 |
Biodesulfurization of fuels
A simple and effective biochemical process solves the problems associated with sulfur in bitumen by removing sulfur from active participation in SO x -producing combustion reactions. In one...
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5874291 |
Degradation of environmental toxins by a filamentous bacterium
This invention pertains to substantially purified cultures of a gram-negative, aerobic, filamentous bacterium with cells ranging in length from 20-200 μm, that accumulates intracellular...
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5874263 |
Method and apparatus for producing organic acids
A continuous process and apparatus for preparing organic acids and their salts from biomass. Biomass flows from a region of fresh biomass and high acid and acid salt concentration to a region of...
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5871730 |
Thermostable xylanase DNA, protein and methods of use
The present invention is for a method of chemically treating plant biomass with an enzyme system that retains function at low pH and high temperature. Enzyme preparations enriched in xylanase...
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5871616 |
Dehalogenation of organohalogen-containing compounds
Enzymatic dehalogenation of undesirable nitrogen-free organohalogen compounds is carried out by adding a dehalogenase to an aqueous composition comprising a nitrogen-free organohalogen compound and...
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