Abstract:
A microbe composition comprising three viable and beneficial bacteria: Bifidobacterium longum, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Streptococcus faecalis. The invention further provides a method of preparing the composition with the addition of a protective medium comprising dried skimmed milk, lactulose, sodium vitamin C, sodium glutamate and starch. Furthermore, the invention provides protective medium, fermentation medium and seed culture medium used for the microbe composition.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for regulating fermentation of organic material, such as cocoa beans and pulp, comprising adding to the organic material compositions comprising at least one strain of lactic acid bacteria and/or acetic acid bacteria, and optionally further comprising at least one strain of yeast. The invention further discloses novel and/or inventive bacterial strains useful in such method, and composition containing such bacteria. Use of these starter cultures and compositions permits to obtain faster fermentation processes, fermentatations with targeted population dynamics and succession of microorganisms, and fermentations with targeted levels of both desirable and undesirable metabolites.
Abstract:
Sustained hydrogen production is obtained by the culturing of a genetically-modified algae, where the ability of the chloroplasts to intake sulfate is reduced or eliminated compared to wild-type algae. The alga is cultured in a sealed environment in a liquid or solid medium that contains sulfur, and hydrogen is generated continuously. Alternatively, the algae may be cultured in the presence of bacteria that also produce hydrogen gas. The hydrogen produced can be collected and used as a clean energy source.
Abstract:
A designer proton-channel transgenic alga for photobiological hydrogen production that is specifically designed for production of molecular hydrogen (H2) through photosynthetic water splitting. The designer transgenic alga includes proton-conductive channels that are expressed to produce such uncoupler proteins in an amount sufficient to increase the algal H2 productivity. In one embodiment the designer proton-channel transgene is a nucleic acid construct (300) including a PCR forward primer (302), an externally inducible promoter (304), a transit targeting sequence (306), a designer proton-channel encoding sequence (308), a transcription and translation terminator (310), and a PCR reverse primer (312). In various embodiments, the designer proton-channel transgenic algae are used with a gas-separation system (500) and a gas-products-separation and utilization system (600) for photobiological H2 production.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for regulating fermentation of organic material, such as cocoa beans and pulp, comprising adding to the organic material compositions comprising at least one strain of lactic acid bacteria and/or acetic acid bacteria, and optionally further comprising at least one strain of yeast. The invention further discloses novel and/or inventive bacterial strains useful in such method, and composition containing such bacteria. Use of these starter cultures and compositions permits to obtain faster fermentation processes, fermentatations with targeted population dynamics and succession of microorganisms, and fermentations with targeted levels of both desirable and undesirable metabolites.
Abstract:
A microbial consortium for the biodegradation of sulfonated aliphatic-aromatic co-polyesters having greater than 60 mol percent aromatic acid content based on the total acid content of the co-polyester, created by applying selective pressure. Methods to biodegrade sulfonated aliphatic-aromatic co-polyesters using microbial consortium SPDC-1 are provided.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a novel bacterial consortium comprise bacterial strains useful for effectively treating endocrine disrupters and a method for treating endocrine disrupters using the same. The invention provides a method for biologically restoring soils, wastes and water, etc. which are polluted with chlorinated compounds such as polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs), dioxin, pentachlorophenol (PCP), perchloroethylene (PCE), trichloroethylene (TCE) and 1,1,1-trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA), etc., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and petroleum-tar acids, and toluene which are all known as representative endocrine disrupters.
Abstract:
A bacterial culture for use in the bacterial oxidation of sulphide ores and concentrates, the bacterial culture identified by AGAL deposit Accession No. NM99/07541 or having been adapted therefrom, the bacterial culture further containing one or more strains of both Sulfobacillus and Thermoplasma. The present invention further provides a process for the bacterial oxidation of sulphide ores and concentrates characterised in that the ore or concentrate is leached using such a bacterial culture.
Abstract:
A process for the remediation and conditioning of soil containing a contaminant. The process comprises (a) mixing the soil with solid material comprising a source of microbial nourishment, (b) inoculating the mixed soil with a diverse microbe population capable of digesting the contaminant, and (c) maintaining the moisture content of the inoculated soil at a level sufficient to support microbial growth. The process can include the additional steps of applying a suspension fertilizer to the mixed soil and/or applying an oxygen-releasing compound to the mixed soil. Step (b) can be repeated to sufficiently reduce the level of contamination.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the production of 2-KGA from L-sorbose by a continuous or semi-continuous fermentation mode, wherein a mixed culture of Gluconobacter oxydans DSM 4025 with a second microorganism component is used, or wherein, instead of the second microorganism component, the fermentation medium is supplemented with yeast or a yeast product.