Abstract: Soil plant productivity is improved by manipulation of soil microflora. The soil microflora is manipulated by addition of a bacterium belonging to Rhizobium (Rhizobiales) to the soil.
Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for effective production and use of microorganisms and/or the fermentation broth in which they are produced. Advantageously, the system is cost-effective, scalable, quick, versatile, efficacious, and helpful in reducing resistance to chemical compounds and residue that concerns consumers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 10, 2023
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2024
Assignee:
LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC
Inventors:
Sean Farmer, Paul S. Zorner, Ken Alibek, Kent Adams, Tyler Dixon
Abstract: Methods, compositions, and kits are provided for rapidly analyzing microbial growth and/or number in a plurality of water-in-oil emulsion droplets.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 4, 2022
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2024
Assignee:
BIO-RAD EUROPE GMBH
Inventors:
Christophe Quiring, Christine Favier, Patrice Sarfati, Jean Francois Mouscadet, Ronald Lebofsky, Rebecca Dievart
Abstract: This invention provides, in part, various compositions and methods for protecting the gastrointestinal microbiome from antibiotic disruption.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 2, 2023
Date of Patent:
April 2, 2024
Assignee:
Theriva Biologics, Inc.
Inventors:
Michael Kaleko, Sheila Connelly, Vincent John Wacher
Abstract: An enhanced caffeinated beverage composition includes a caffeinated drink combined with an effective blend of methylliberine and theacrine providing increased mood, energy, alertness, focus, motivation, and/or decreased fatigue without adversely affecting heart rate or blood pressure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 21, 2023
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2024
Assignee:
ORTHO-NUTRA, LLC
Inventors:
Hector L. Lopez, Tim N. Ziegenfuss, Matthew Titlow
Abstract: In one aspect, nutraceutical compositions, methods of preparation and methods of use comprise a nutraceutical composition comprising an antimicrobial hevamine A-related protein from Momordica balsamina alone or in combination with one or more nutraceutical ingredients. In another aspect, a method of preventing or treating a microbial infection in a plant comprises applying an effective amount of a composition containing the hevamine A-related protein to a whole plant, plant part, or media in which the plant is growing. In a further aspect, the present application provides a transgenic plant stably transformed with a polynucleotide encoding the hevamine A-related protein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2024
Assignee:
Morehouse School of Medicine
Inventors:
Michael Powell, Erick Vidjin' Agnih Gbodossou
Abstract: The process of making a biocomposite material utilize a bacterial species and a fungal species in an agricultural feedstock composed of a substrate of non-nutrient discrete particles and a nutrient material wherein the bacterial species imparts mechanical properties to the biocomposite material and the fungal species binds the biocomposite material. Both bacterium and fungus can be genetically engineered to produce desired properties within the microbial communities.
Abstract: A method for reducing hemolysis and microparticle formation during storage of pathogen reduced blood. Oxygen reduced blood compositions comprising SAGM and riboflavin having reduced hemolysis. Oxygen reduced blood compositions comprising SAGM and riboflavin having reduced microparticles. Oxygen and pathogen reduced blood compositions comprising CPAD and riboflavin having reduced hemolysis. Oxygen and pathogen reduced blood compositions comprising SAGM and riboflavin having reduced microparticles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 2021
Date of Patent:
February 27, 2024
Assignee:
Hemanext Inc.
Inventors:
Samuel O. Sowemimo-Coker, Jeffrey Sutton, Tatsuro Yoshida
Abstract: Stabilized use solutions of low phosphorus, alkali metal carbonate detergents employing enzymes for cleaning compositions are disclosed. In particular, the present invention is a composition for, and method of, removing soils, preventing redeposition of protein soils and reducing foam, using stabilized enzyme cleaning compositions, namely use solutions of the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 30, 2021
Date of Patent:
February 20, 2024
Assignee:
ECOLAB USA INC.
Inventors:
Wendy Chan, Jennifer Stokes, Lyndal Jensen, Carter M. Silvernail, Terrence P. Everson, Graig Legatt, Nathan Richard Ortmann, Devon Beau Hammel
Abstract: A method for preparing a protein-containing sample for analysis by mass spectrometry includes introducing the sample into a reaction vessel. The reaction vessel contains a reagent mixture including pre-measured quantities of an immobilized proteolytic enzyme, a reducing agent and an alkylating agent. The contents of the reaction vessel are activated by heating or by sonication.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 5, 2021
Date of Patent:
February 20, 2024
Assignee:
Thermo Finnigan LLC
Inventors:
Daniel Lopez Ferrer, Aaron M. Robitaille, Michael O. Krawitzky, Greg A. Foster
Abstract: This invention provides, in part, various compositions and methods for protecting the gastrointestinal microbiome from antibiotic disruption from orally administered antibiotics.
Abstract: Provided is a fermentation fungal substance of Astragalus membranaceus/Paecilomyces cicadae and its use. The fermentation fungal substance is obtained by solid fermentation with Astragalus membranaceus powder as a fermentation substrate and Paecilomyces cicadae as a fermentation strain. The fermentation fungal substance of Astragalus membranaceus/Paecilomyces cicadae in the present disclosure plays a significant role in treating hyperuricemia and/or hypertriglyceridemia.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 2, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 9, 2024
Inventors:
Jiayu Zhang, Long Dai, Shaoping Wang, Zikai Geng, Yuqi Wang
Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for the screening, identification, and/or application of one or more microorganisms of use in imparting one or more beneficial properties to one or more plants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 11, 2022
Date of Patent:
January 9, 2024
Assignee:
BioConsortia, Inc.
Inventors:
Peter Wigley, Caroline George, Susan Turner
Abstract: The disclosure is directed to cleaning compositions, methods of making the cleaning compositions, and methods of using the cleaning compositions. The cleaning compositions comprise an enzyme composition and a nonionic surfactant having an HLB between 10 and 22. Preferably, the enzyme compositions included in the cleaning compositions comprise a cellulase, an AA9 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, a hemicellulase, an esterase, an expansin, a laccase, a ligninolytic enzyme, a pectinase, a peroxidase, a protease, a swollenin, or a combination or mixture thereof. The compositions are useful for degradation of bacterial cellulose.
Abstract: Disclosed are probiotic formulations. The formulations of the present disclosure comprise microorganisms of the species Pediococcus acidilactici and Leuconostoc mesenteroides. The formulations of the present disclosure can be used to prevent or treat gastrointestinal disease conditions, notably gastrointestinal diseases associated with low gastrointestinal mannitol or infection of the gastrointestinal system by pathogenic organismsC.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 4, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
The Biocollective, LLC
Inventors:
Martha Rodgers Carlin, Steven Karim Kazemi, Naseer Sangwan, Raul De Jesus Cano
Abstract: Disclosed is a piglet feed based on bacteria enzyme synergistic fermentation process. The piglet feed is composed of basic components and bacteria enzyme synergistic fermentation feed. Basic components include soybean protein concentrate, whey powder, fish meal, sodium chloride, choline chloride, stone powder, calcium hydrogen phosphate, composite vitamins, composite trace elements, and composite amino acids. The bacterial enzyme synergistic fermentation feed includes a fermentation substrate, an enzyme preparation, and a bacterial strain. The bacterial enzyme synergistic fermentation feed can not only improve the production performance of piglets, but also improve the utilization rate of feed nutrients, especially the utilization rate of feed phosphorus, thereby reducing the excretion of phosphorus in feces.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 11, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 5, 2023
Assignee:
SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Ping Zheng, Daiwen Chen, Bing Yu, Jun He, Jie Yu, Zou Xia
Abstract: A method for improving intestinal flora increases the number of beneficial bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria and Bifidobacterium to improve intestinal flora by using an enzyme. The method involves providing a protease, which is a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 that can increase beneficial bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria and Bifidobacterium in intestines to exert an excellent effect of improving intestinal flora.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 5, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 5, 2023
Assignees:
AMANO ENZYME INC., HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
Abstract: There is provided a method for treating or reducing the effects of fructose intolerance and health problems associated with excessive fructose intake by administration of glucose isomerase. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 16, 2021
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2023
Assignee:
VITAMERICA UG (HAFTUNGSBESCHRANKT)
Inventors:
Daniel Henry Wyrobnik, Isaac Harry Wyrobnik
Abstract: Control of volume in bioreactors and associated systems is generally described. Feeding and/or sampling strategies can be employed, in some embodiments, such that the working volume within the bioreactor remains substantially constant.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 4, 2019
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2023
Assignees:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sanofi