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8110389 Family 6 cellulase with decreased inactivation by lignin  
A modified Trichoderma reesei Family 6 (TrCel6A) cellulase enzyme comprising amino acid substitutions at one or more positions selected from the group consisting of 129, 322, 363 and 410 of SEQ ID...
8071350 Amylases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them  
In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides having an amylase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and...
8003366 Bacillus bacterium strain capable of decomposing/volume-reducing plant residue  
Disclosed is a method for decomposing a plant residue and reducing a volume of the plant residue to a satisfactory level within a short period. Also disclosed is a bacterium for use in the method....
7943350 Methods for degrading lignocellulosic materials  
The present invention relates to methods for degrading a lignocellulosic material, comprising: treating the lignocellulosic material with an effective amount of one or more cellulolytic enzymes in...
7915017 Process for the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass  
A process for the treatment of biomass to render structural carbohydrates more accessible and/or digestible using concentrated ammonium hydroxide with or without anhydrous ammonia addition, is...
7892812 Chrysosporium cellulase and methods of use  
A computer-based method and apparatus for the analysis specification and support of work processes. The system is designed to support multiple interdependent decisions, at least some of which...
7858353 Thermophilic and thermoacidophilic biopolymer-degrading genes and enzymes from alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and related organisms, methods  
Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods of at least partially...
7790430 Cellulase resistant to surfactants  
Disclosed is a novel cellulose having an amino acid sequence in which the 162nd and/or 166th amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of cellulose NCE5 are substituted. Further, a...
7785853 Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides encoding same  
The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to...
7771983 Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same  
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid...
7547534 Methods for making a composition to treat a wood, a pulp or a paper  
The invention relates to xylanases and to polynucleotides encoding the xylanases. In addition, methods of designing new xylanases and methods of use thereof are also provided. The xylanases have...
7510857 Thermostable cellulase and methods of use  
A Clostridium thermocellum thermostable cellulase enzyme with both endocellulase activity and exocellulase activity that is able to degrade cellulose in the absence of scaffolding and other...
7504120 Xylanases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them  
The invention relates to xylanases and to polynucleotides encoding the xylanases. In addition, methods of designing new xylanases and methods of use thereof are also provided. The xylanases have...
7465571 Endoglucanases  
In one aspect, the invention provides a purified thermostable enzyme derived from the archael bacterium AEPII 1a. In one aspect, the enzyme has a molecular weight of about 60.9 kilodaltons and has...
7413882 Methods for degrading or converting plant cell wall polysaccharides  
The present invention relates to methods for converting plant cell wall polysaccharides into one or more products, comprising: treating the plant cell wall polysaccharides with an effective amount...
7354743 Methods for degrading lignocellulosic materials  
The present invention relates to methods for degrading a lignocellulosic material, comprising: treating the lignocellulosic material with an effective amount of one or more cellulolytic enzymes in...
7297224 Method of deinking waste paper using cellulase without lowering paper strength and method of evaluating the same  
A deinking method using a cellulase which enables the load upon the environment to be reduced; and an evaluation method whereby a cellulase effective in deinking and the effective addition level of...
7273748 Cellulases, the genes encoding them and uses thereof  
Genes encoding novel cellulases, and a gene encoding a protein that facilitates the action of such novel cellulases, the novel cellulases and a protein that facilitates the action of such...
7256032 Enzymes  
The present invention relates to novel cellulase enzymes, especially novel endoglucanases including endoglucanase fusion proteins, preparations and compositions containing these endoglucanase...
7256030 Family 9 endo-β-1,4-glucanases  
An enzyme exhibiting endo-β-1,4-glucanase activity which belongs to family 9 of glycosyl hydrolases is obtainable from or endogeneous to a strain belonging to the genus Bacillus such as Bacillus ...
7160714 Vegetable fiber-digesting agent and method of processing vegetable waste by using the same  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for decomposing vegetable waste materials easily, which solves problems such as the problem of treatment costs, the problem of energy,...
7144722 Pectate lyases  
The present invention relates to pectate lyases comprising the amino acid sequence Asn Leu Asn Ser Arg Val Pro (NLNSRVP) (amino acids 236–242 of SEQ ID NO: 2) belonging to Family 1 of p...
7008505 Eucalyptus biomechanical pulping process  
In a new process for preparing pulped wood chips for paper making, chips from a hardwood such as eucalyptus are inoculated with aliving culture of one or more white rot fungi. The fungi propagate...
6939437 Paper making processes using enzyme and polymer combinations  
Methods of making paper or paperboard are described. In one method, at least one cellulytic enzyme composition and at least one cationic polymer composition are introduced to a paper making pulp at...
6838099 Method for preparing soluble dietary fiber from corn hull  
The present invention relates to a high yield process for producing soluble dietary fiber from corn hull. More specifically, the present invention comprises removing starch and protein with enzymes...
6830655 Method of modifying a xylan-containing carbohydrate substrate having hexenuronic acid groups attached to the xylan  
The present invention concerns a method for enzymatic treatment of lignocellulosic materials which contain xylan-polymers, such as cellulose kraft pulps. According to a method of the present kind,...
6824646 Process for oxygen bleaching and enzyme treating lignocellulosic pulp with liquid treatment and recovery  
Lignocellulose pulp is bleached by bleaching a pulp in aqueous alkali solution with oxygen and treating the pulp with a hemicellulase, while a liquid fraction delivered from the enzyme treatment...
6812010 Method for enzymatic preparation of homogentisate  
The invention concerns a method for enzymatic preparation of homogentisate (HMO) from 4-hydroxypyruvate (HPP), characterized in that it consists in carrying out in a suitable reaction medium the...
6767728 Composition for enzymatic deinking of waste paper  
A method and composition for deinking noncontact-printed wastepaper, particularly xerographic and laser-printed paper, and mixtures of contact and noncontact-printed wastepaper, using an enzyme...
6761944 Moulded articles of cellulose hydrate with enzymatically modified surface  
The invention relates to a process for the treatment, in particular for the roughening, of the surface of hydrated cellulose shaped articles, in which at least one cellulase is allowed to act on...
6664102 Fungal degradation and bioremediation system for creosote-treated wood  
A method for degrading and/or bioremediating waste wood containing creosote using a fungal inoculum is disclosed. The fungal inoculum comprises of at least one creosote-tolerant fungi, a...
6627430 Cultivation of zygomycetes from spent sulfite liquor  
The present invention relates to a process for the cultivation of chitin/chirosanrich, filamentous fungi with capacity to assimilate mannose as well as xylose, galactose, and glucose, wherein the...
6623750 Enzyme composition adapted for application to ruminant feed to increase protein digestability thereof and method of treating ruminant feeds relating thereto  
Enzyme feed supplements containing fungal cellulase produced by Trichoderma viride are specially adapted for increasing protein digestability of dairy cow and cattle feed. Preferred embodiments of...
6623953 Enzymatic composition and method for seasoning wood  
The invention relates to an enzymatic composition and also to a method for seasoning wood, intended in particular for applications in the food industry. The method consists in immersing green wood...
6613192 Process for producing biokraft pulp from eucalyptus chips  
A method for producing paper pulp for use in the making of paper from eucalyptus wood chips. The method comprises inoculating wood chips with white rot fungi, fermenting the wood chips so as to...
6610172 Process for treating pulp with laccase and a mediator to increase paper wet strength  
A process for producing paper materials having improved wet strength. This process involves (a) preparing a suspension of unbleached or semi-bleached chemical or semichemical pulp or pulp from...
6586212 Corn fiber for the production of advanced chemicals and materials: derivatizable cellulose and cellulose derivatives made therefrom  
The invention provides a method of obtaining a cellulose material from corn fiber wherein the method comprises the steps of: (a) heating a mixture of corn fiber and a liquid; (b) contacting the...
6468391 Method of making sanitary paper from chemical pulp using a single component cellulase that does not contain cellulose-building domain  
Sanitary paper with improved softness (lower stiffness) can be obtained without significant loss of paper strength by using a papermaking pulp which is treated with a certain type of cellulase...
6451063 Cellulase for use in industrial processes  
A method for treating cellulosic materials is disclosed which comprises contacting the cellulosic material with a cellulase obtainable from Thermomonospora fusca corresponding to E5 or a derivative...
6426211 Xylanase derived from a Bacillus species, expression vectors for such xylanase and other proteins, host organisms therefor and use thereof  
A purified xylanase derived from B. Pumilus PRL B12 is disclosed. This xylanase is efficient for use in the biobleaching of wood pulp, permitting a strong reduction in the quantity of chlorine used...
6399351 Pectate lyases  
A novel pectate lyase belonging to a novel family of polysaccharide lyases has good performance in industrial processes under neutral or alkaline conditions such as laundering and textile...
6387691 Fungal degradation and bioremediation system for ACQ-treated wood  
A method for degrading and/or bioremediating waste wood containing ammoniacal copper quat (ACQ) using a fungal inoculum is disclosed. The fungal inoculum comprises of at least one ACQ-tolerant...
6387690 Endoglucanases  
The present invention relates to enzyme preparations consisting essentially of an enzyme which has cellulytic activity and comprises a first amino acid sequence consisting of 14 amino acid residues...
6379495 Process for the production of cellulose paper pulps by biodelignification of vegetative masses  
Process for the production of cellulose paper pulps from vegetable masses, comprising the steps of mixing and conditioning a vegetative mass suitable to form a culture medium with an inoculum...
6332951 Method for measuring the content of bleaching chemicals used for bleaching cellulose fibers  
A method and a device for measuring the content of chemicals used in connection with bleaching of preferably cellulose fibers in a pulp, suspension for the purpose of providing a better and more...
6333181 Ethanol production from lignocellulose  
This invention presents a method of improving enzymatic degradation of lignocellulose, as in the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic material, through the use of ultrasonic treatment. The...
6258209 Multi-component system for modifying, degrading or bleaching lignin, lignin-containing materials or similar substances  
Multi-component system for modifying, degrading or bleaching lignin, lignin-containing materials or similar substances, includes (a) if appropriate at least one oxidation catalyst; (b) at least one...
6254722 Method for making dissolving pulp from paper products containing hardwood fibers  
A method for making dissolving pulp from cellulosic fiber. The fiber is treated with a 3-stage sequence having a first alkali extraction stage, a xylanase treatment stage, and a second alkali...
6242245 Multicomponent system for modifying, degrading or bleaching lignin or lignin-containing materials, and processes for its use  
A multicomponent system for modifying, degrading or bleaching lignin and lignin-containing materials or similar substances, includes an oxidoreductase and an oxidant suitable for the oxidoreductase...
6218164 Thermopallium bacteria and enzymes obtainable therefrom  
The present invention provides thermophilic alkaliphilic bacteria designated Thermopallium natronophilum and thermophilic alkaliphilic polypeptides obtainable therefrom. It also provides...
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