Abstract: Laundry detergent compositions containing one or more cellulases having a ratio of tensile strength loss to antipilling properties of less than 1. The cellulases may be obtained from CBS 9.93 or CBS 670.93.

Abstract: A detergent or disinfectant composition comprising is presented having 0.5 to 10 percent by weight of an activator compound which under perhydrolysis conditions forms a percarboxylic acid, and releases a leaving group capable of being used as a substrate for enzymes, and up to 50 percent by weight of a peroxygen compound. The composition increases the oxidation of peroxide compounds in oxidation, bleaching, detergent, cleaning and disinfecting solutions, especially at low temperatures.

Abstract: A bleaching detergent composition comprising an enzyme having amino alcohol oxidase activity, a substrate for said enzyme, and a bleach catalyst or activator, a method of bleaching fabric stains with an enzymatic bleaching system comprising an enzyme having amino alcohol oxidase activity and a substrate for said enzyme, and a method of reducing dye transfer in a wash liquor by providing the liquor with an effective amount of an enzymatic bleaching system comprising an enzyme having amino alcohol oxidase activity and a substrate for said enzyme.

Abstract: The apparatus (10) for receiving microdissected specimens is equipped with at least one receptacle (12) for collection. The apparatus (10) is arranged displaceably in an open space (32) defined by a stage surface (4) of an X-Y stage (2) and a contamination shielding panel (42). The receptacle (12) is arranged on a separate holding element (54) in the apparatus, and by shifting the apparatus (10), one holding element (54) at a time can be brought into a collection position.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for laser microdissection of specimen regions (23) of interest of a specimen (4) are described. In a first step, an incomplete cut line (25) enclosing the specimen region (23) of interest is generated by means of a laser beam (7). At the incomplete point of the cut line (25), there remains a web (26) which joins the specimen region (23) of interest to the surrounding specimen (4). In a second step, the web (26) is severed with a single laser pulse directed onto it, thereby completing the cut line. The specimen region (23) of interest is in that context detached from the specimen (4) and falls by the action of gravity into a collection vessel (19).

Abstract: The application describes a holder for attaching a component with outside dovetail carriages to a bearing surface. A pin-like bolt and, next to it, a ssion spring, which is bent away from the bolt under preloading, are attached in front of the bearing surface as interacting holder components. The cross sections, the lengths and the distance between the bolt and the compression spring are adapted to the inner profile of the dovetail carriage. To attach the component, the dovetail carriage is pressed manually by means of the bolt and the compression spring, until it comes into contact with the bearing surface, and is latched in place. The bolt and the compression spring are pressed into the inner sides of the dovetail carriage on both sides by the preloading of the bent compression spring. Advantageously, the compression spring is additionally preloaded toward the bearing surface.

Abstract: An illumination system (1) for a microscope, in which a first light source (2), a collector lens (3), an aperture diaphragm (4), and a condenser lens ((5) are arranged in the illumination beam path (6), is described. The illumination light is directed through the aperture diaphragm (4) via the condenser lens (5) into the object plane (9). Arranged in the illumination beam path (6) on the optical axis (20) is a second light source (8) that is imaged at infinity by the condenser lens (5).

Abstract: A laundry detergent composition comprises a cellulase having a ratio of tensile strength loss to antipilling properties of less than 1. A method of laundering cotton-containing fabrics with the composition is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a laundry, dishwashing or cleaning product detergent portion having two or more detersive components of which at least two are to be released into the liquor at different points in time in a laundering, dishwashing or cleaning process, said portion comprising at least one release controlling (physico)chemical switch which is not subject or not exclusively subject to temperature control, and also one or more substances for increasing the extent of the shift in pH.

Abstract: This invention relates to proteases with improved application properties in cleaners and detergents. The improvement's achieved by substituting positively charged or uncharged amino acids in the substrate binding region of the wild type subtilisin protease.

Abstract: A process is presented for producing stable multi-enzyme containing granules. The process involves the steps of mixing a reversible competitive inhibitor with a first enzyme, adding a second incompatible enzyme, adding a carrier, extruding and granulating the resulting mixture and reducing the moisture content if necessary.

Abstract: In washing agents containing tensides and cellulase, the properties of the cellulase which are relevant to the application were to be improved. This was essentially achieved in that use was made of a cellulase mixture in which the first component, with a CMCase activity of 1 U per liter and a protein concentration of a most 3 mg per liter, gives an increase in remission of at least 5 units in the secondary washing test and the second component, with a CMCase activity of 20 U per liter gives an increase in absorption in the cellulose decomposition test of at least 0.075.

Abstract: Increased production of a heterologous cellulase is achieved by transforming Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis with genetic constructs containing a Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 53926 protease promoter and signal sequence to express alkalophilic cellulase genes.

Abstract: A laundry detergent for washing fabrics composed of proteinogenic fibers is comprised of at least one surfactant and a proteolytically active amount of a protease having a keratinase/caseinase activity ratio of less than about 0.80.

Abstract: This invention relates to proteases with improved application properties in cleaners and detergents. The improvement's achieved by substituting positively charged or uncharged amino acids in the substrate binding region of the wild type subtilisin protease.

Abstract: A laundry detergent for washing fabrics composed of proteinogenic fibers is comprised of at least one surfactant and a proteolytically active amount of a protease having a keratinase/caseinase activity ratio of less than about 0.80.

Abstract: A nutrient concentrate for stimulation of growth for the accelerated cultivation and growth of hydrocarbon-consuming microorganisms as well as a process for their use in bioremediation is disclosed. The concentrate is an admixture of water-soluble and/or oil-soluble compounds of phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) and other components. The concentrate is in the form of a liquid water-based preparation and contains an ester of phosphoric acid as both an emulsifier and a P source. Further, from 10 to 40% by weight urea is contained in the concentrate as a N source. The invention also relates to the treatment of polluted soils, waters, and articles using a diluted aqueous solution of the concentrated admixture.

Abstract: In a process for separating the exocellular proteins from the micro-organisms of a filtered fermentation liquor, the removal of solid is to be improved while retaining the useful substance. This is achieved by, in a first stage, removing substances preventing protein precipitation with the aid of a solid adsorption agent; concentrating the remaining solution to a protein content of about 30 to 40% by weight; and then precipitating and separating the protein, optionally with the addition of precipitants for protein to accelerate the precipitation, at pH values between 6 and 10.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of acid stable protease having a broad activity spectrum in high yields from mutants of the fungus Aspergillus, and the mutants used therein.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of acid stable protease having a broad activity spectrum by culturing selected mutants of Rhizopus rhizopodiformis CBS 227.75 under aerobic conditions in a nutrient medium containing assimilable carbon and nitrogen sources, at a pH between 3 and 7 and at a temperature between 25.degree. C. and 50.degree. C., and separating the resulting protease enzyme; the mutants used in the process together with a process for preparation of the mutants.