Patents Assigned to Japan as represented by Director-General of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management
  • Estrogenic substance degradable microorganism and use thereof
    Patent number: 8163534
    Abstract: A microorganism capable of degrading an estrogenic substance contained in wastewater and the like; a method for the simple and effective degradation of an estrogenic substance contained in domestic wastewater, wastewater discharged from a livestock farm, or the like by using the microorganism; and an apparatus for achieving the degradation are provided. An estrogenic substance-degrading microorganism which belongs to the genus Pseudaminobacter, Gordonia, Nocardia, Zoogloea, Pandoraea, Cryptococcus or Trichosporon and has an ability to degrade an estrogenic substance; a method for the degration of an estrogenic substance by using the microorganism; and an apparatus for achieving the degradation are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha, Japan as represented by Director-General of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshimoto, Fumiko Nagai, Junji Fujimoto, Kazumasa Kimura, Harumi Mizukoshi, Koichi Watanabe, Takashi Makino, Hiroshi Omura, Hideyuki Saino