Abstract:
A microbial lipase which has (i) an optimal pH for activity of about 9.+-.0.5, (ii) an optimal temperature for activity of about 40.degree. C. to about 48.degree. C., (iii) a lipase activity to be activated by bile salts, (iv) a cholesterol esterase activity, and (v) a molecular weight of about 30.times.10.sup.4 to about 40.times.10.sup.4 ; a process for its preparation; and microbiologically pure culture therefor.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for enzymatically cleaving the acyl group from N-acyl-6-substituted-2-substituted-1-carbadethiapen-2-em-3-carboxylic acids. The acylated substrate and the deacylated product are antibiotics.
Abstract:
The present invention generally relates to bacteriologically pure bacterial cultures of novel strains of plant growth-promoting bacteria, and inoculums comprising the same. The invention is also directed to plant seeds coated with the inoculums, kits comprising the inoculums and methods for stimulating plant growth by applying the biologically pure bacterial culture or the inoculum to a plant, plant seed, or plant growth medium.
Abstract:
Novel strains of isolated and purified bacteria have been identified which have the ability to degrade petroleum hydrocarbons including a variety of PAHs. Several isolates also exhibit the ability to produce a biosurfactant. The combination of the biosurfactant-producing ability along with the ability to degrade PAHs enhances the efficiency with which PAHs may be degraded. Additionally, the biosurfactant also provides an additional ability to bind heavy metal ions for removal from a soil or aquatic environment.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a seeding material for accurate and reproducible monitoring of BOD load of pulp and paper wastewater, wherein the bacteria are isolated from various locations in India and comprise Micrococcus sp., Staphylococcus sp., Kurthia zopfii, Alcaligenes faecalis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the microbial composition being capable of exerting an appropriate BOD for pulp and paper industrial wastewater due to the specificity of bacterial strains present therein towards the refractory organic compounds found in these effluents.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a seeding material for accurate and reproducible monitoring of BOD load of pulp and paper wastewater, wherein the bacteria are isolated from various locations in India and comprise Micrococcus sp., Staphylococcus sp., Kurthia zopfii, Alcaligenes faecalis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the microbial composition being capable of exerting an appropriate BOD for pulp and paper industrial wastewater due to the specificity of bacterial stows present therein towards the refractory organic compounds found in these effluents.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to the production and the use, by genetic engineering, of plasmids and bacterial strains containing, on a short, precisely characterizable DNA segment, the gene tfdA or a gene almost identical to tfdA.The novel plasmids and microorganisms are suitable for the production of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid)-monooxygenase, and as starting materials for the transfer, by genetic engineering of the 2,4-D-degrading property of this enzyme to various organisms.
Abstract:
An amylase is preferrably obtained from Alcaligenes latus FERM BP-4578. The amylase has an activity of mainly forming maltohexaose and maltoheptaose from starch, but does not substantially have an activity of hydrolyzing maltohexaose and an oligosaccharide having a molecular weight lower than maltohexaose. The amylase does not substantially act on maltoheptaose and has a molecular weight of about 43,000+3,000 daltons as measured by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. It has an isoelectric point of about 7.6+0.5 as measured on isoelectrophoresis using an ampholyte, an optimum pH of about 5.0 in the presence of calcium ion, an optimum temperature of about 70.degree. C. in the presence of calcium ion as measured in terms of relative enzyme activity, a pH stability of about 4.5-10.5 in the presence of calcium ion and a thermal stability up to about 60.degree. C. in the presence of calcium ion as measured in terms of residual enzyme activity. By using the amylase, saccharide compositions rich in maltohexaose and/or maltoheptaose or those rich in maltohexaitol and/or maltoheptaitol can be readily prepared in an industrial scale, and the saccharide compositions thus obtained can be used in a variety of food products, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
Abstract:
An improved method for producing a microbial polyester comprising 3-hydroxybutyrate monomer units is disclosed, in which a strain belonging to the genus Alcaligenes is cultured in a liquid medium containing a carbon source selected from specific long chain fatty acids and derivatives thereof. The produced microbial polyester is useful in plastics and polymers which are free from environmental pollution problems, and in implanting materials and drug carriers, recovery of which is not necessary.
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A microbiological process for the production of 6-hydroxypicolinic acid starting from 2-cyanopyridine. For this process new microorganisms are used, which are capable of growing with 2-cyanopyridine as the sole carbon, nitrogen and energy source and of converting it as the substrate into 6-hydroxypicolinic acid.