32 results about "Endospore Forming Bacteria" patented technology

The present invention is directed to a method for the disinfection and sterilization of material and surfaces contaminated with one or more members selected from the group consisting of bacteria and bacterial spores, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a biocidal fluid containing a mixture of effective amounts of a germinant and a germicide; and (b) contacting the material and surfaces contaminated with one or more members selected from the group consisting of bacteria and bacterial spores, with the biocidal fluid of step (a) for a time sufficient for disinfecting and sterilizing said material. The invention also provides a sterilizing composition suitable for killing and rendering spores lifeless comprising: (a) an effective amount of a germinating agent; (b) an effective amount of a germicide.

A weak organic acid is used to effect the release of CaDPA from Bacillus or Clostridium endospores, rapidly and at room temperature, to enable detection and measurement of DPA and thereby the assessment of risk associated with exposure to Bacillus anthracis, Clostridium botulinum, and like spores. The method can be applied to airborne, food-borne, and water-borne spores, as well as to spores collected from surfaces or contained in body fluids, and analysis is advantageously carried out using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

A lanthanide is combined with a medium to be tested for endospores. The dipicolinic acid released from the endospores binds the lanthanides, which have distinctive emission (i.e., luminescence) spectra, and are detected using photoluminescence. The concentration of spores is determined by preparing a calibration curve generated from photoluminescence spectra of lanthanide complex mixed with spores of a known concentration. A lanthanide complex is used as the analysis reagent, and is comprised of lanthanide ions bound to multidentate ligands that increase the dipicolinic acid binding constant through a cooperative binding effect with respect to lanthanide chloride. The resulting combined effect of increasing the binding constant and eliminating coordinated water and multiple equilibria increase the sensitivity of the endospore assay by an estimated three to four orders of magnitude over prior art of endospore detection based on lanthanide luminescence.

The invention discloses a Bacillus subtilis WB8 capable of producing diosgenin, and belongs to the technical field of applied microbiology. The strain is separated from internal issues of subterraneous stems of a medicinal plant of Dioscorea zingiberensis wright, can synthesize and secrete a metabolin of a host plant, namely diosgenin, and has the preservation number of CCTCC (China Center For Type Culture Collection) NO:M2010271; and the strain is rod-like, has the size of 1-1.5*3-5 mu m, forms a single-chain sporocarp, releases endospore, has rough colony with grid bulges, forms pellicle through liquid fermentation, has rich foam, and can grow 16SrDNA core sequence 1542bp with the thermophilic temperature of between 30 and 35 DEG C, the pH of 6.0-9.0 and capacity of tolerating 9.0 percent NaCl, wherein the core sequence has the sequence number of HM210636. The strain liquid is fermented by a common culture medium for 48 to 60 hours, the chloroform extract of the fermentation liquor is the diosgenin, and the diosgenin has the activity of inhibiting pathogenic bacteria and resisting tumor cells. The strain provided by the invention can produce the diosgenin; and compared with the conventional process of extracting the diosgenin from yam plants, the method avoids the pollution of strong acid and yam byproducts on environment, and has potential industrial application prospect.

A device for detecting bacterial endospores in a sealed container. The device has a suction tube connected to an aerosol concentrator containing a lanthanide salt solution, a suction pump engaged to the aerosol concentrator, an excitation energy source and an optical set-up for directing the excitation energy source to the lanthanide salt solution and collecting photoluminescence generated by the excited lanthanide salt solution. A method for detecting bacterial endospores is also provided.

Provided herein in some embodiments is a composition that comprises (a) a nanoscale particle(s) or a microscale particle(s); and (b) a film-forming polymer. Also provided herein is a method for an immediate and sustained released formulation suitable for topical administration or administration to surfaces. Further provided herein in certain embodiments is a method of reducing the population of pathogenic microorganisms on skin or surfaces, wherein a method comprises applying to the skin or surface a composition, wherein the composition comprises (a) a nanoscale particle(s) or a microscale particle(s); and (b) a film-forming polymer.

The invention relates to a method for producing a high-protein feed from waste distiller's grain of Baijiu, which includes the following steps: (1) material pretreatment: a beater is used for beatingfresh raw distiller's grain of Baijiu into uniform particles, and the diameter of the particles is about 1.5mm to 3mm; (2) defibering treatment: endospore-forming bacteria are screened out and added with 98 to 98.5 percent of raw distiller's grain, 0.9 to 1 percent of starch and 1 to 1.1 percent of soybean flour, solid-state fermentation is carried out, cellulase activity is kept as high as 14.204U/mL, and thereby waste distiller's grain of Baijiu is obtained; (3) fermentation: candida and pichia pastoris are screened out, the proportion of candida to pichia pastoris is 1:1, the inoculation amount is 10 percent, and with 85 to 89 percent of waste distiller's grain of Baijiu, 9 to 11 percent of bran, 1 to 2 percent of ammonium sulfate and 1 to 2 percent of quick lime, solid-state fermentation is carried out for 60 hours. By means of modern microbial technology, the method decomposes substances in the distiller's grain, such as residual starch, crude protein, crude fat and crude fibers,so that the distiller's grain has richer nutritional ingredients and can be better digested and absorbed by animals, consequently, not only is the problem of waste distiller's grain solved, but also value in use and economic benefit are created, and the comprehensive utilization of residual starch of the distiller's grain is realized.

A composition including a plurality of particles, wherein the particles comprise: at least 40% by weight of the particles of a non-germinant carrier; and from about 0.0001% to about 5% by weight of the particles of a bacterial composition including bacterial endospores; and wherein each of the particles has a mass between about 1 mg to about 5000 mg, preferably between about 5 mg and about 200 mg.

Signal sequences useful for targeting proteins and peptides to the surface of endospores produced by Brevibacillus, Lysinibacillus, or Viridibacillus family members and methods of using the same are provided. The display of heterologous molecules, such as peptides, polypeptides and other recombinant constructs, on the exosporium of Brevibacillus, Lysinibacillus, or Viridibacillus family members, using particular N-terminal targeting sequences and derivatives of the same, and likewise are provided.

In preferred embodiments, the subject invention provides two-vessel fermentation systems for producing microbe-based products comprising fungal mycelia and/or spores, and/or bacterial endospores, wherein the systems comprise both a submerged fermentation vessel and a solid state fermentation (SSF) vessel. Advantageously use of the two phases improves the efficiency of producing microorganisms by catering to the different requirements for biomass and/or vegetative cell accumulation as well as the requirements for mycelial growth and/or sporulation.

Signal sequences useful for targeting proteins and peptides to the surface of endospores produced by Paenibacillus family members and methods of using the same are provided. The display of heterologous molecules, such as peptides, polypeptides and other recombinant constructs, on the spore surface of Paenibacillus family members, using particular N-terminal targeting sequences and derivatives of the same, and likewise are provided.