122 results about "Bacterial population" patented technology

The claimed invention provides for new sample preparation methods enabling direct sequencing of PCR products using pyrophosphate sequencing techniques. The PCR products may be specific regions of a genome. The techniques provided in this disclosure allows for SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) detection, classification, and assessment of individual allelic polymorphisms in one individual or a population of individuals. The results may be used for diagnostic and treatment of patients as well as assessment of viral and bacterial population identification.

The invention discloses an electric heating comprehensive energy system scheduling method based on improved weak robustness optimization. According to the invention, the model description of the powerdemand response (DR) is compared and expanded to the electric heating comprehensive demand response (IDR), and the price type and excitation type comprehensive demand response is modeled; Under the low-carbon background, an electric heating comprehensive energy low-carbon dispatching model containing a combined heat and power generation unit, a pumped storage electric boiler, a heat storage electric boiler and a heat storage device is established, and the electric power constraint condition and the thermal power constraint condition are determined with the minimum comprehensive energy operation cost and the maximum benefit of a carbon emission transaction model as objective functions; Considering the uncertainty of wind power and comprehensive demand response, and the improved weak robustoptimization is utilized to process the uncertainty of the source load side to obtain an improved weak robust low-carbon scheduling model of the electric heating comprehensive energy system; And finally, an improved bacterial population drug tendency algorithm (BCC) is adopted for solving, and the effectiveness of the proposed model and algorithm is verified through examples.

Disclosed herein are fire-fighting compositions, and methods thereof, comprising a surfactant and a fraction of a fermentation mixture comprised of yeast exoproteins, where the proteins enhance ability of water to extinguish Class A, Class B and Class K fires, as defined by the National Fire Protection Association. In one embodiment the surfactant is optimized to wet and penetrate into the substrate, for example wood, as in a Class A fire. In a second embodiment, the surfactant is optimized for foaming to provide fire fighting protection in a Class B fire. Further embodiments include methods for using the same protein-surfactant fire fighting composition for both polar (e.g., alcohol) and non-polar combustible liquids. In yet another embodiment, methods are described where the proteins comprise stress shock proteins and where the residual protein-surfactant combination that is not degraded from the fire acts to stimulate resident bacterial populations to accelerate the biodegradation of residual hydrocarbons and surfactants from the composition. In another embodiment, the compositions are free of solvents, fluorine-free as in fluoro surfactants and fluoro-polymers.

The invention discloses a hybrid intelligent optimization method and belongs to the technical field of artificial intelligence and data mining. A genetic optimization algorithm and a bacterial foraging optimization algorithm are organically combined by the hybrid intelligent optimization method. First, a preliminary superior solution is obtained through the breadth searching capacity of the genetic optimization algorithm and serves as an initial bacterial population in the posterior bacterial foraging algorithm, by fully utilizing chemotaxis, duplicating and dispersing operation of the bacterial foraging algorithm, excellent individuals are generated continuously, and finally the solution converges towards the optimal solution. On the basis of the technical scheme, further improvements are made in the four aspects of genetic selection operators, optimal joint pints, bacterial chemotaxis and duplicating operation. Compared with the prior art, the convergence speed and the convergence precision of an optimal solution set can be improved, and the hybrid intelligent optimization method is more extensive in applicability.

The invention discloses an effluent index online soft measurement prediction method in the urban sewage treatment process. According to the method, firstly an instant learning model structure with correlation as the principle and the recursive partial least-square method as a local model is adopted, and meanwhile, description on uncertainty of the model is performed on the basis of the statistical learning theory. The model can be used for fully reflecting the characteristics such as uncertainty and large lag of the sewage treatment process, the explanatory performance of a prediction result is higher, controllers can adjust process variables such as the aeration rate and the backflow amount of an aeration tank in time, material balance and bacterial population balance are kept, and efficient removal of organic matter is achieved fully.

A denitrification system for denitrified wastewater or nitrified water treatment using a detergent or detergent-like compound comprising available carbon. The system comprises a plurality of interconnected tanks including a mixing tank which feeds detention tanks which in combination provide a detention time period for the effluent. A controller determines the amount of detergent dispensed into the mixing tank in accordance with the measured volume of effluent to be treated. The mixing tank comprises a heater for maintaining the nitrified effluent temperature above 50 degrees F. An optional line filter can be added to the output of the system for further reducing organic nitrogen concentration. An alternate embodiment comprises passing the final denitrified effluent through a pump chamber for pumping of the effluent to a sand filter capable of reducing bacterial populations.

A method of producing a fermentation-based product, such as ethanol, comprises fermenting a sugar-containing medium with yeast in the presence of an aliphatic or aromatic monoaldehyde or dialdehyde, a formaldehyde-releasing compound, or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient to reduce or control a bacterial population in the sugar-containing medium. The additive may enable reduction or elimination of antibiotics for this purpose, while showing reductions in percent infection, process variability and interference with yeast viability.

The invention discloses a method for adjusting and controlling algal facies and water quality of an aquaculture pond in situ. The method comprises the following steps: a, kieselguhr powder with particle size of 200-1000 mesh is selected, and a compound microbial preparation is selected, wherein the bacterial population in 1 ml of the compound microbial preparation is greater than or equal to 100 million; b, when a base fertilizer and rich water are started to apply in the pond, the kieselguhr powder and the compound microbial preparation both obtained in step a are sprayed in the pond; c, after 15-20 days, the dissolved oxygen concentration and the ammonia concentration in the pond water are maintained at 5-9 mg/L and 0.1-0.4 mg/L respectively, the pond water is sandy beige, and the pond algal face is mainly alga of bacillariophyta observed through a microscope; d, offspring seeds of a to-be-cultivated target are put in the pond. Through the way, the method, disclosed by the invention, can improve the using effect of the microbial preparation commonly used in aquaculture, effectively adjusts and controls algal facies and water quality, reduces occurrences of diseases, and improves cultivation quality and quality of aquaculture products.

The invention relates to a method for recovering at least one metal present within a material, said material possibly including iron, said method including a step of supplying a ferrous ion, a step of supplying a ferric ion, and a step of bioleaching at least one metal present in the material by the ferric ions, each one of the steps being implemented by a particular bacterial population.

The present invention provides improved tests for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The tests are particularly useful for eliminating false positive results due to the presence of a mixed bacterial population in patient samples.

Disclosed herein are compositions that comprise one or more types of bacteriophage and methods of using such bacteriophages as a prebiotic to promote the growth of beneficial bacteria by decreasing harmful bacterial populations and releasing nutrients into the environment for good bacteria in the digestive system of an individual.

The disclosure provides materials and methods for conferring improved plant traits or benefits on plants. The materials can include a formulation comprising an exogenous endophytic bacterial population, which can be disposed on an exterior surface of a seed or seedling, typically in an amount effective to colonize the plant. The formulations can include at least one member selected from the group consisting of an agriculturally compatible carrier, a tackifier, a microbial stabilizer, a fungicide, an antibacterial agent, an herbicide, a nematicide, an insecticide, a plant growth regulator, a rodenticide, and a nutrient.

The present invention relates to chimeric polypeptides comprising a first portion, which comprises a bacteriocin cell wall-binding domain (CBD) and a second portion, which comprises an enzymatic active domain (EAD) selected from the lytic domain of a bacteriophage lysin, a bacteriocin and a bacterial autolysin. Provided are such chimeric polypeptides and variants and fragments thereof, nucleic acids encoding the same, vectors carrying such nucleic acids and host cells transformed or transfected with such vectors. The chimeric polypeptides of the present invention are useful for the reduction of certain bacterial populations, including methods and compositions for the treatment of various bacterial infections. For example, chimeric polypeptides of the present invention have been shown to effectively kill various bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), as well as other human pathogens. Thus, provided are compositions comprising chimeric polypeptides according to the present invention, variants or fragments thereof, and the use of such compositions in prophylaxis or therapy of bacterial diseases, bacterial infections or bacterial colonisations.

The invention discloses a low-histamine fish product processing method. The low-histamine fish product processing method comprises the following steps: selecting a fish with relatively high integrity and freshness as a frozen raw fish, and freezing the fish; thawing the frozen raw fish by ozone-containing flowing water with a certain flow velocity, wherein in the process of thawing, the temperature of water in a thawing tank does not exceed 15 DEG C and the processing time does not exceed 45 minutes; controlling the indoor ambient temperature of a processing workshop to be below 21 DEG C and the relative air humidity to be less than 70%; and sterilizing the raw fish, rapidly cooling the raw fish and taking fish meat, mixing the fish meat with a certain amount of flavoring liquid, and thencanning the fish meat to obtain a finished product. The low-histamine fish product processing method has the advantages that: the growth and metabolism of a bacterial population with an activity of generating amino acid decarboxylase in the aquatic product canning process can be inhibited or eliminated better; and the generation of the amino acid decarboxylase is eliminated from a source so as tofurther control the generation of histamine.

The invention belongs to the technical field of livestock breeding waste treatment, and the invention particularly relates to a compound bacterial preparation for improving breeding environment, wherein the compound bacterial preparation can ferment and decompose ammonia nitrogen and hydrogen sulfide substance in water body and air with corresponding yeast, lactic acid bacteria, actinomycetes, photosynthetic bacteria and filamentous bacteria, and can improve the environmental status that ammonia nitrogen is too high and hydrogen sulfide exceeds the standard. The preparation method of the compound bacterial preparation for improving the breeding environment ferments the compound bacterial preparation, auxiliary materials and water under suitable fermentation conditions to obtain the compound bacterial preparation with suitable bacterial content and bacterial population.