783 results about "Microbiological strains" patented technology

Microbial strains, compositions, and methods of use thereof to enhance the growth and/or yield of a plant are provided. Also provided are materials and methods for presenting, inhibiting, or treating the development of plant pathogens or phytopathogenic diseases. The disclosure also provides non-naturally occurring plant and derivatives thereof such as plants artificially infected with a microbial strain of the invention.

The present invention relates to growing and testing microorganisms in a multitest format which utilizes a gel forming matrix for the rapid screening of clinical and environmental cultures. The present invention is suited for the characterization of commonly encountered microorganisms (e.g., E. coli, S. aureus, etc.), as well as commercially and industrially important organisms from various and diverse environments (e.g., the present invention is particularly suited for the growth and characterization of the actinomycetes and fungi). The present invention is also particularly suited for comparative analysis of phenotypic differences between cell types, including strains of microorganisms that have been designated as the same genus and species, as well as other cell types (e.g., mammalian, insect, and plant cells).

A microorganism strain suitable for fermentative production of L-methionine and preparable from a starting strain, which comprises increased activity of a yjeH gene product or of a gene product of a yjeH homolog, compared to the starting strain.

This invention relates to metabolically engineered microorganism strains, such as bacterial strains, in which there is an increased utilization of malonyl-CoA for production of a chemical product, which includes 3-hydroxypropionic acid.

The present invention provides one kind of gamma-polyglutamic acid generating bacterium and the process of preparing gamma-polyglutamic acid (gamma-PGA) therewith. The gamma-polyglutamic acid generating bacterium is Bacillus substilis CCTCC M 206102. The preparation process of gamma-PGA includes using Bacillus substilis CCTCC M 206102 as fermenting strain, and shake flask fermentation of sugar material without adding L-glutamic acid. The present invention has relatively low material cost, gamma-PGA output up to 18g/L and excellent industrial application foreground.

The present invention relates to novel phosphate solubilizing strains as well as compositions and methods thereof for increasing the availability of phosphate for plants.

The present invention relates to growing and testing microorganisms in a multitest format which utilizes a gel forming matrix for the rapid screening of clinical and environmental cultures. The present invention is suited for the characterization of commonly encountered microorganisms (e.g., E. coli, S. aureus, etc.), as well as commercially and industrially important organisms from various and diverse environments (e.g., the present invention is particularly suited for the growth and characterization of the actinomycetes and fungi). The present invention is also particularly suited for comparative analysis of phenotypic differences between cell types, including strains of microorganisms that have been designated as the same genus and species, as well as other cell types (e.g., mammalian, insect, and plant cells).

Invention relates to biotechnology, food industry and concerns to microbial consortia and microbial and yeast strains, as well as to methods for producing by integrated technological cycle with the use of consortia and microbial and yeast strains from the fermented base, which is a semi-product of bread kvass, fermented kvass, nonalcoholic kvass, as well as to methods for producing tea fungus culture fluid, tea-fungus concentrates, kombucha beverages, and vegetable extracts in a single technology process.

The invention describes application of pure culture microbial strains under denitrifying conditions for growth on crude oil thereby modifying crude oil properties to enhance its recovery.

A disposable microsensor is designed, fabricated and tested for standard BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) measurements. A transparent Cyclic Olefin Copolymer (COC) substrate is used for sensor fabrication. Standard lithographic procedures in addition to techniques like screen printing and electroplating are used to fabricate the sensor. A microbial strain of Trichosporon Cutaneum is immobilized over one pair of sensor electrodes while the other is used as a reference. Depending on the respiratory activities of the microbial strain in different samples, the BOD values of the samples can be measured in terms of difference between the output signals. The sensor layer is attached to an injection-molded passive microfluidic channel on the top. Advantages of the BOD microsensor include, but are not limited to, fast BOD measurement, disposability because of its low cost, chemically inert polymer substrate, flow-through sample injection scheme and integration of on-chip optics.

The invention features methods that are capable of detecting single target molecules in a sample input volume of, e.g., 5 μl, and of quantifying organismal, e.g., chiamydial, DNA. Desirably, these methods employ a single tube format coupled with fluorescent detection of amplicons. This approach facilitates the application of quantitative PCR (qPCR) to microbiological diagnosis in clinical settings. The invention also features primers and probes for the detection of Chlamydia. The use of specific hybridization probes with qPCR amplification provides the ability for identification of individual species or strains of microorganisms.

DNA constructs and genetically engineered microbial strains constructed using these DNA constructs, which produce a nuclease enzyme with specificity for DNA and/or RNA, are provided. These strains secrete nuclease into the periplasm or growth medium in an amount effective to enhance productivity and/or recovery of polymer, and are particularly suited for use in high cell density fermentation processes. These constructs are useful for modifying microbial strains to improve production and recovery processes for polymers such as intracellular proteins, such as enzymes, growth factors, and cytokines; for producing polyhydroxyalkanoates; and for producing extracellular polysaccharides, such as xanthan gum, alginates, gellan gum, zooglan, hyaluronic acid and microbial cellulose.

Three choline utilizing strains of microorganisms isolated from the anthers of wheat, Aureobasidium pullulans strain AS 55.2, Arthrobacter species strain OH 221.3, and Pseudomonas species strain AS 64.4, are superior antagonists of F. graminearum. These microorganisms are effective for suppression and control of FHB in cereals, particularly in wheat and barley.

The invention relates to a water block damage treating agent based on a biological surface active agent and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of oil field working fluid additives. The water block damage treating agent comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 30%-70% of microbe fermentation liquor, 1%-5% of non-ionic surface active agents, 0.5%-1% of fluorocarbon surface active agents, 5%-8% of cationic surface active agents and the balance of distilled water, wherein the microbe fermentation liquor is the microbe strain fermentation liquor of the biological surface active agent which generates one of rhamnolipid, lipopeptid, trehalose glycolipid and sophorolipid. The water block damage treating agent disclosed by the invention has the advantages of relatively broad-spectrum effect, high-efficiency water block release and easiness for large-area popularization.

The invention belongs to the technical field of environment protection and discloses a compound microbial bacterial preparation and application thereof. The compound microbial bacterial preparation consists of fermentation liquor of four bacteria, i.e. Bacillus licheniformis, Pseudomonas putida, Enterobacter cloacae and Candida valida. The compound microbial bacterial preparation provided by the invention has strong digestion power for various types of cellulose, proteins and fat macromolecules. The addition of the compound microbial bacterial preparation into excess sludge and/or kitchen waste can quicken enrichment of methanogen, shorten anaerobic digestion time and improve methane yield. Moreover, the synergetic effect of the four microbial strains is superior to the effect of any one, two or three strains of microorganisms.

The invention relates to a viscosity reducer, and particularly relates to a biochemical anti-salt anti-high temperature oil displacement viscosity reducer and a preparation method thereof. The anti-salt anti-high temperature oil displacement viscosity reducer comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 30-85% of microbial fermentation liquid, 0.5-5% of anionic surfactant, 0.5-10% of nonionic surfactant and the balance of distilled water, wherein the microbial fermentation liquid is microbial strain fermentation liquid for producing glycolipid or lipopeptide biosurfactant. Compared with the existing viscosity reducer, the viscosity reducer provided by the invention has the beneficial effects of high-temperature resistance, hypersalinity resistance, efficient reduction of oil-water interfacial tension and wettability improvement; under the same conditions, the viscosity reducing effect is improved by 10% over the existing viscosity reducer, and the viscosity reducing effect on medium-viscosity thick oil is 99%; the viscosity reducer provided by the invention is safe and environment-friendly and realizes a stable effect as well as double abilities of viscosity reduction and oil displacement.

The present invention provides an isolated microorganism strain, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GM-020, which is found to be effective in treating obesity and a complication thereof. The use of the Lactobacillus rhamnosus GM-020 in treating obesity and a complication thereof is also provided.

Enzymatically active hydrogenase is synthesized in a cell-free reaction. The hydrogenases are synthesized in a cell-free reaction comprising a cell extract derived from microbial strains expressing at least one hydrogenase accessory protein. In some embodiments, the extracts are produced under anerobic conditions.

This invention is extraction method of cellular hydroxy fatty acid esters from microorganism. The procedure is as followings: 1) ferment to get enough microorganisms, collect it. 2) Dry to powder, add esterlike organic solvents. React at 80-120deg C for 1-4hours. Extract hydroxy fatty acid esters. 3) Restore the organic phase. 4) Precipitate hydroxy fatty acid esters from the organic phase with esterlike organic solvents. 5) Separate, wash and precipitate. 6) dry to obtain hydroxy fatty acid esters. This invention could be used in high quality PHA industrialization. It's time-reduced, energy-saving, environment-friendly and highly-efficient. It has a large application scale.

Described herein is a method of treatment of cancer or tumor using a modified bacteria or composition comprising the modified bacteria. In certain embodiments, the method is in combination with other treatment. In certain embodiments, the treatment is chemotherapy, radiation therapy, gene therapy, surgery or a combination thereof. The method makes modified facultative anaerobic bacteria into a conditional obligate anaerobe. The modified bacteria are strictly hypoxia regulated and comprise an essential gene expressing cassette. The vectors of this method comprise the essential gene expressing cassette. Also described herein are therapeutic and prophylactic compositions comprising the modified bacteria. The therapeutic and prophylactic compositions contain a purified form of the modified bacteria, while in certain embodiments, they do not contain other strain of microorganisms. The modified bacteria grow within the solid tumor/cancer, retarding its growth and are rapidly eliminated from normal tissues. The solid tumor/cancer includes breast cancer, liver cancer or neuroblastoma.

2,3-BDO is important industrial chemicals and a medicinal precursor, for example, the 2,3-BDO can form 1,3-butadiene through dehydration and can be used for synthesizing rubber, polyester and polyurethane; the esterified 2,3-BDO is a precursor of synthetic polyimine, and can be applied to medicaments, cosmetics, washing liquor liquid and the like; and in addition, the 2,3-BDO can also be used as a flavor substance to be added into distilled spirit and cream. The 2,3-BDO can be prepared by a chemical synthesis method and a microorganism production method, and due to a special structure of 2,3-butanediol, in the chemical method for producing the 2,3-butanediol, the 2,3-butanediol is mainly prepared by hydrolyzing four-carbon hydrocarbon generated during the splitting decomposition of petroleum at the high temperature and under the high pressure and has the disadvantages of high cost, complicated processes and difficult operation, so the large-scale industrial production is difficult to realize all the time. With the increasing rise in oil price, people pay close attention to the production of the 2, 3-butanediol by using the microbial fermentation method and the developmental research of derivatives thereof gradually. The fermentation method for producing the 2,3-butanediol has the following advantages that: firstly, the fermentation method has the superiority in cost, and the chemical method has high production cost; secondly, the fermentation method has an environmental-friendly characteristic, and the 2,3-butanediol is used as an organic synthesis intermediate to occupy markets of a number of compounds and other petroleum chemicals, has wide prospect, obvious social and environmental benefits, and is particularly favorable for the extensive application of the products; and thirdly, in the fermentation method for producing the 2,3-butanediol, renewable resources are used as raw materials, so the fermentation method does not depend on the petroleum chemicals.