Abstract:
It has been discovered that the desert endophytic bacterium SA187 SA187 can provide resistance or tolerance to abiotic stress conditions to seeds or plants. Compositions containing SA187 can be used to enhance plant development and yield under environmental stress conditions.
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:
Processes for preparing conjugated linoleic acid are described wherein a conjugated linoleic acid lower alkyl ester is subjected to hydrolysis in the presence of an enzyme to form a hydrolyzate comprising a conjugated linoleic acid and a lower alkanol, wherein at least a portion of the lower alkanol is continuously removed; the hydrolyzate is separated into an organic phase and an aqueous/alcoholic phase; and the conjugated linoleic acid is separated from the organic phase.
Abstract:
A novel process for the preparation of (1S,4R)- or (1R,4S)-4-(2-amino-6-chloro-9H-purin-9-yl)-2-cyclopentene-1-methanol of the formulae ##STR1## is described. This entails in the first stage (.+-.)-2-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-3-one of the formula ##STR2## being acylated to give a (.+-.)-2-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-3-one derivative of the general formula ##STR3## in which R.sup.1 denotes C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, C.sub.1-4 -alkoxy, aryl or aryloxy, the latter being reduced in the second stage to give a cyclopentene derivative of the general formula ##STR4## in which R.sup.1 has the stated meaning, the latter then being converted in the third stage biotechnologically into the (1R,4S)- or (1S,4R)-1-amino-4-(hydroxymethyl)-2-cyclopentene of the formula ##STR5## the latter being converted in the fourth stage with N-(2-amino-4,6-dichloro-5-pyrimidinyl)formamide of the formula ##STR6## into the (1S,4R)- or (1R,4S)-4-[(2-amino-6-chloro-5-formamido-4-pyrimidinyl)amino]-2-cyclopentene-1-methanol of the formulae ##STR7## and the latter being cyclized in the fifth stage in a known manner to the final product of the formula I or II.
Abstract:
The invention relates to genetically engineered plant-colonizing microorganisms which prolife-rate in symbiotic or non-detrimental relationships with the plant in the plant environment. Such microorganisms contain DNA derived from Bacillus thuringiensis which codes for the insecticidal crystal protein toxin. The engineered plant-colonizing microorganisms of the invention and their progeny are active against a variety of lepidopterous pests. The invention further relates to the use of such plant-colonizing microorganisms in a method of killing or inhibiting lepidopterous pests and to insecticidal compositions containing the plant-colonizing microorganism as the active insecticidal agent.
Abstract:
New mutant .beta.-lactam Penicillin G acylases are provided, exhibiting altered substrate specificities. These Penicillin G acylases are obtained by expression of a gene encoding for said Penicillin G acylase and having an amino acid sequence which differs at least in one amino acid from the wild-type Penicillin G acylase.
Abstract:
The subject invention concerns a novel microbe and genes encoding novel toxin proteins with activity against cockroaches. Cockroaches are common house pests, and they create problems in hospitals, the food industry and in agriculture. The novel Bacillus thuringiensis microbe of the invention is referred to as B.t. PS185L8. The subject invention also concerns the use of B.t. PS201T6 to control cockroaches. A truncated form of a toxin obtained from PS201T6 having particular activity to cockroaches is also claimed for use in controlling the pest. The spores or crystals of the two microbes, or mutants thereof, are useful to control cockroaches in various environments. The genes of the invention can be used to transform various hosts wherein the novel toxic proteins can be expressed.
Abstract:
Certain known and available strains of Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) have been found to have activity against coleopteran pests. Previously, these strains were not known to have any insecticidal properties. The B.t. strains can be used in various environments to control coleopteran pests, e.g., the Colorado Potato Beetle. Also described are novel toxins, and genes coding for these toxins, which have coleopteran activity.
Abstract:
A process for preparation of S-(+)-3-halogeno-1,2-propanediol which comprises cultivating a bacterium, which has an ability to assimilate R-(-)-3-halogeno-1,2-propanediol and belongs to the genus Alcaligenes, or its culture broth in a medium containing racemate 3-halogeno-1,2-propanediol, and recovering S-(+)-3-halogeno-1,2-propanediol from the resulting culture broth.
Abstract:
A microbiological process for the production of 6-hydroxypicolinic acid starting from picolinic acid and/or its salts. The concentration of picolinic acid and/or its salts is selected so that the 6-hydroxypicolinic acid is not further metabolized. The process is performed either by microorganisms of genus Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Alcaligenes, Aerococcus, or Rhodotorula, or with biomass using picolinic acid, which grow with picolinic acid as the sole carbon, nitrogen and energy source.