Marine actinomycete taxon for drug and fermentation product discovery
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- RGT UNIV OF CALIFORNIA
- Publication Date
- 2006-01-12
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60 / 249,356 filed Nov. 16, 2000 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to the discovery of a novel taxon of marine bacteria of the order Actinomycetales and the use of this taxon for the discovery and production of proteins, secondary metabolites and biomolecules for use as pharmaceutical compositions, agrichemicals, immunomodifiers, enzymes and enzyme inhibitors. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] Microorganisms belonging to the class Actinobacteria, commonly called actinomycetes, reside taxonomically within the Gram-positive bacteria and are ubiquitous in terrestrial environments. Actinomycetes are a prolific source of diverse biologically active metabolites. They have been a source of a numerous useful products including Pharmaceuticals, agrichemicals, low molecular weight enz...