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5654192 Composition containing a surface active compound and glycolipids and decontamination process for a porous medium polluted by hydrocarbons  
The invention relates to a decontamination process for a porous medium polluted by hydrocarbons according to a composition containing a surface active agent as glycolipids in their crude or...
5641679 Methods for bio-remediation  
The present invention relates to the aerobic reaction of compounds such as aromatic, nitro-aromatic, halo-aromatic, aliphatic and halo-aliphatic compounds with a microorganism, the microorganism...
5635393 Method for dechlorinating polychlorinated biphenyls and granules for use in method  
The present invention relates to a biological method for dechlorinating polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by inoculating a polychlorinated biphenyl containing sample with PCB dechlorinating...
5633164 Methods for fluid phase biodegradation  
The present invention relates to the aerobic reaction of compounds such as aromatic, nitro-aromatic, halo-aromatic, aliphatic and halo-aliphatic compounds with a microorganism, the microorganism...
5633163 Method for treating wastewater and solid organic waste  
Organic waste disposal treatment apparatus includes a treatment chamber assembly in which a compost bed may be formed, an inlet to the treatment chamber assembly through which organic waste may be...
5631160 Method for in situ soil remediation  
Contaminated material such as soil or sludge is remediated by injecting a suitable remediation fluid into the material during excavation of the contaminated material with a trenching tool. The...
5629198 Anti-HIV agent  
The invention relates to an anti-HIV agent comprising, as an active ingredient, at least one porphyrin derivative selected from the following derivatives (A) and (B): (A) porphyrins modified...
5629170 Method for detecting dehalogenation of halogenated aromatic compounds  
An assay method for screening microorganism-containing compositions for degradation capacity via the 2,3-dioxygenase pathway includes a first step of contacting the microorganism with a...
5629199 Sonically enhanced method for removing chemical preservatives from chemically treated wood products  
A method for removing chemical preservatives from wood treated with chemical preservatives is provided. Wood treated with chemical preservatives is chipped to produce wood chips. These wood chips...
5624843 Nutrient additives for bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated waters  
The biodegradation of hydrocarbon contaminated water is enhanced by the adding to the contaminated water a hydrocarbon solution of (a) a mixture of a sorbitan ester of a C 7 to C 22 ...
5622617 Garbage treating apparatus with connected moisture sensor and controller  
A garbage treating apparatus for highly efficient garbage treatment without loss in required energy nor requiring continuous control of the treatment is provided by constituting the apparatus for...
5620893 Microbial mediated method for soil and water treatment  
Methods for treating aqueous/sedimentary systems, sediments and soils are disclosed for prevention of activation and for control or clean-up. The method involves intentionally adding to an aqueous...
5618726 Biodegradable azo dyes  
A composition comprises an azo dye having a lignin-like substitution pattern and an environmentally common microbe, such as Streptomyces or Phanerochaete chrysosporium. The composition may also...
5618725 Oleophilic biodegrading additive and method of treating hybrocarbon polluted medium  
Biodegradation additive characterized in that it consists of a mixture of (i) at least one assimilable nitrogen source composed of at least one unsubstituted or substituted amino acid; (ii) at...
5618727 Bioremediation process design utilizing in situ soil washing  
New strains of microorganisms which posses the dual capabilities for growth on surfactants and degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls are used in combination with soil washing for PCB...
5616498 Biological removal of dihalocarboxylic acid irritants  
Contaminating trace amounts of byproduct dihalocarboxylic acids or salts thereof are removed from aqueous solutions which comprise less than 1,000 ppm of same and at least 20% by weight of amino...
5616497 Method of chelating a metal ion to form a chelate and biodegrading the chelate  
Chelants represented by Formula 1b: ##STR1## are determined to be biodegradable when Distance A is from about 3.8×10 -10 to about 4.6×10 -10 m, Distance B is from about 5.1×10 -10 to about...
5614410 Bioremediation of soil or groundwater contaminated with compounds in creosote by two-stage biodegradation  
A process for remediating contaminated soil or groundwater using a strain of Pseudomonas paucimobilis designated NRRL B-18512 is disclosed. Further, the process is a two stage sequential process...
5611837 Bioremediation method  
A surfactant-fertilizer compound for enhancing the biodegradation of hydrocarbons in soil or water comprising the reaction product of guanidine and at least one carboxylic acid is provided.
5609667 Process and material for bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils  
A powdered cellulose, containing essentially 3-8% of ammonium sulfate forms a biologically active media which preferentially adsorbs hydrocarbons in the presence of water and supports the growth of...
5610065 Integrated chemical/biological treatment of organic waste  
A process for improved remediation of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon and/or polychlorinated hydrocarbon contaminated solid materials by integrated chemical/biological treatment comprising...
5610062 Dispersant solutions for dispersing hydrocarbons  
A dispersant solution includes a hydrocarbon dispersing solution derived from a bacterium from ATCC 75527, ATCC 75529, or ATCC 55638.
5610064 Bacterium useful in the removal of sulphur black dye from a substrate  
Bacteria capable of reducing the concentration of sulphur black dye in a substrate when contacted with the substrate are provided. The subject bacteria may be either aerobic or anaerobic and reduce...
5607857 Rhodococcus species for removing sulfur from organic carbonaceous fuel substrates-(LAW295)  
A process is provided for removing organic sulfur from a sulfur-containing organic carbonaceous fuel substrate such as coal or petroleum products having sulfur-carbon bonds. The process comprises...
5607840 Protein hydrolysate derived from mucosa tissue  
A protein hydrolyzate is produced from mucosa tissue of pigs, cattle or sheep by providing an aqueous mixture of the tissue, hydrolyzing the tissue with a proteolytic enzyme at a salt concentration...
5601981 Methods for determining and agents for modulating cellular redox potential and genotoxic states  
Methods for determining the genotoxic or carcinogenic status of a subject by analyzing the cellular redox potential of a test specimen where an increased risk of, or presence of, genotoxic injury...
5602036 Method and compositions for remediation  
A method and compositions using a metabolite(s) produced by Pseudomonas KC (DSM 7136) to degrade aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbons. The metabolite(s) is used with an enabling microorganism to...
5602035 Apparatus and method for treatment of organically contaminated soil  
An apparatus and method is described for treatment of organically contaminated soil in which a modular structure having a plurality of interconnected segments with two end segments and at least one...
5602296 Process for in-situ bidegradation of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons by subsurface hydrogen injection  
The present invention provides a method for stimulating in-situ microbial biodegradation of halogenated organic compounds in an aqueous subsurface environment comprising the delivery of hydrogen,...
5602065 Process for preparing functional ceramics  
According to the present invention, ceramics which are prepared by calcining a composition comprising raw ceramic materials and a microorganism and/or culture fluid thereof, wherein the...
5597484 Metal removal from aqueous solution  
Removal of a target metal having an insoluble phosphate (e.g. actinides), is effected by passing the solution through a bioreactor containing an immobilised phosphatase-producing microorganism...
5597851 Method for the addition of vulcanized waste rubber to virgin rubber products  
The invention is a method of using enzymes from thiophyllic microbes for selectively breaking the sulfur rubber cross-link bonds in vulcanized rubber. The process is halted at the sulfoxide or...
5597729 Method for the removal and recovery of mercury  
The present invention is an enhanced method for the removal and recovery of mercury from mercury-contaminated matrices. The method involves contacting a mercury-contaminated matrix with an aqueous...
5597730 Process for the degradation of coal tar and its constituents by white rot fungi  
A method for degrading coal tar, coal tar distillation fractions, and organic compounds, specially those compounds having three or more fused rings of the type often associated with coal tar,...
5597728 Methods for biodegradation separation of natural fibers to release particulate contamination  
A method is presented for releasing petroleum and hydrocarbon products sorbed onto or entrained by natural fibers in an aqueous medium through the use of enzymes to degrade the natural fiber...
5593889 Biodesulfurization of bitumen 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...
5593888 Method for accelerated bioremediation and method of using an apparatus therefor  
This invention relates to a method of using an apparatus is provided for the accelerated bioremediation of treated contaminated material. The material is treated with chemical and/or biological...
5589386 Hydrolysis of cholinesterase inhibitors using parathion hydrolase  
A gene is provided encoding a DNA sequence for the expression of parathion hydrolase and a methionine analog thereof. In a preferred embodiment, a parathion hydrolase gene encoding sequence is...
5587317 Chemical-biological process for dehalogenation of halogenated organic compounds  
The invention relates to a method for the dehalogenation of organohalogen compounds commonly found as pollutants in soil and ground water. The instant method utilizes anaerobic bacteria comprising...
5585272 Solid phase system for aerobic degradation  
The present invention relates to the aerobic reaction of compounds such as aromatic, nitro-aromatic, halo-aromatic, aliphatic and halo-aliphatic compounds with a microorganism, the microorganism...
5583041 Degradation of polyhalogenated biphenyl compounds with white-rot fungus grown on sugar beet pulp  
Polyhalogenated biphenyl compounds can be degraded by white-rot fungus grown on a sugar beet pulp substrate. The method is useful for bioremediation of materials contaminated with polyhalogenated...
5580770 Support containing particulate adsorbent and microorganisms for removal of pollutants  
A biologically active support for removing pollutants from a fluid stream such as waste water is prepared. The support is formed of a polymeric foam substrate coated with a composition containing a...
5578210 Method for stimulating anaerobic biotransformation of halogenated hydrocarbons  
Adding at least one biotransformation enhancing agent selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, glycerol, glutamate, a mixture of proteose peptone, beef extract, yeast extract, malt...
5578487 Methods for dispersing hydrocarbons using autoclaved bacteria  
A method of dispersing a hydrocarbon includes the steps: providing a bacterium selected from the following group: ATCC 85527, ATCC 75529, and ATCC 55638, a mutant of any one of these bacteria...
5578488 Method of microbially degrading trinitrotoluene  
A method of degrading trinitrotoluene (TNT) includes contacting the TNT with intra-amoebic isolate CR-1, ATCC 75528.
5575998 Mixture of microorganisms, its use for the biodegradation of hydrocarbons, as well as process for its application  
The mixture of natural microorganisms causes a biodegradation of mineral oils and mineral oil products. It contains Pseudomonas putida and Geotrichum candidum in a ratio of the cell-numbers of 5:1...
5570973 Method and system for bioremediation of contaminated soil using inoculated diatomaceous earth  
A system for in-situ bioremediation of contaminated soil and ground water wherein porous inorganic support spheres such as diatomaceous earth pellets are treated by inoculation with selected...
5569634 Process upset-resistant inorganic supports for bioremediation  
Porous bodies are produced which are suitable for use as supports for catalysts, including living cells, such as bacteria and which are upset resistant to acids and bases. The bodies have a...
5567324 Method of biodegrading hydrophobic organic compounds  
A method of degrading hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) comprising heating the HOCs in the presence of a microorganism capable of metabolizing the HOCs to cause degradation thereof, an...
5565226 Immobilized enzyme for removal of residual cyclodextrin  
The immobilized enzyme for removal of residual cyclodextrins is either a combination of an alpha-amylase and a CGTase which has been immobilized or a fungal alpha-amylase which has been...