Patents by Inventor Minhua ZONG

Minhua ZONG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11708576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant Escherichia coli expressing a fusion protein of formamidase and phosphite dehydrogenase, a construction method and use thereof. The invention includes adopting engineered E. coli DH5? as a host, amplifying a cloned formamidase gene and a cloned phosphite dehydrogenase gene into a fusion gene, ligating the fusion gene to a multiple cloning site of a vector, transforming the obtained recombinant plasmid into the E. coli DH5?, extracting the plasmid and transforming into an expression strain, and performing induction culture to obtain a recombinant E. coli. The recombinant E. coli can express a fusion protein of formamidase and phosphite dehydrogenase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wenyong Lou, Xiaoyang Ou, Minhua Zong, Jiaxin Gao, Fei Peng, Pei Xu
  • Patent number: 11459593
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Dendrobium officinale (D. officinale) endophytic fungus strain and an extracellular polysaccharide produced thereby as well as an extraction method and application of the extracellular polysaccharide. The extraction process of the extracellular polysaccharide includes: activating a strain; culturing seed liquid; fermenting and culturing; filtering the fermented liquid under vacuum; concentrated the filtrate under vacuum; conducting alcohol precipitation on the concentrated liquid; precipitating and centrifuging; dialyzing after dissolving the precipitates in water; freezing and drying the dialysate under vacuum; and obtaining the extracellular polysaccharide. The D. officinale endophytic fungus strain belongs to Fusarium solani, and the extracellular polysaccharide produced thereby has inhibitory effects on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella ssp., and Bacillus subtilis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wenyong Lou, Yingjie Zeng, Hongfeng Wang, Minhua Zong, Jing Liang
  • Publication number: 20220220518
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing special oil OPO by way of microbial fermentation. The method comprises the following steps: inoculating microorganisms to an activating culture medium for shake cultivation treatment to obtain an activated culture; adding an organic matter into a minimal medium to obtain an optimized culture medium; inoculating the culture into the optimized culture medium for shake cultivation treatment to obtain a culture solution; carrying out centrifugal treatment on the culture solution, taking a precipitate, washing the precipitate and freeze-drying the precipitate, adding a hydrochloric acid solution to obtain a mixture; and adding an organic solvent into the mixture for extraction, and removing the solvent to obtain the OPO, wherein the microorganisms are Rhodococcus opacus PD630.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wenyong LOU, Linshang ZHANG, Minhua ZONG, Zifu NI, Jiguo YANG
  • Patent number: 11034986
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Comamonas testosteroni strain and use thereof for the synthesis of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid, wherein the strain is Comamonas testosteroni SC1588, maintained in China Center for Type Culture Collection, CCTCC for short, on Oct. 13, 2016, with an accession number of CCTCC NO: M 2016562.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ning Li, Xueying Zhang, Minhua Zong
  • Publication number: 20210163958
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant Escherichia coli expressing a fusion protein of formamidase and phosphite dehydrogenase, a construction method and use thereof. The invention includes adopting engineered E. coli DH5? as a host, amplifying a cloned formamidase gene and a cloned phosphite dehydrogenase gene into a fusion gene, ligating the fusion gene to a multiple cloning site of a vector, transforming the obtained recombinant plasmid into the E. coli DH5?, extracting the plasmid and transforming into an expression strain, and performing induction culture to obtain a recombinant E. coli. The recombinant E. coli can express a fusion protein of formamidase and phosphite dehydrogenase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wenyong LOU, Xiaoyang OU, Minhua ZONG, Jiaxin GAO, Fei PENG, Pei XU
  • Patent number: 10662452
    Abstract: A yeast strain and a method for the synthesis of 2,5-dihydroxymethylfuran using this strain are disclosed. The yeast strain is Meyerozyma guilliermondii SC 1103, which has been maintained in the China Center for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC, Wuhan, P.R. China) with an access No. of M2016144. The method for the synthesis of 2,5-dihydroxymethylfuran using this strain is described as follows: after pre-cultivation and cultivation, Meyerozyma guilliermondii SC 1103 cells are added into the buffer solutions containing 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and glucose; the biocatalytic reaction is conducted under designated conditions, thus affording 2,5-dihydroxymethylfuran. This disclosure has many advantages such as good selectivity, mild reaction conditions, environmental friendliness, high efficiency, and good yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ning Li, Yanmei Li, Minhua Zong
  • Publication number: 20200157590
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Dendrobium officinale (D. officinale) endophytic fungus strain and an extracellular polysaccharide produced thereby as well as an extraction method and application of the extracellular polysaccharide. The extraction process of the extracellular polysaccharide includes: activating a strain; culturing seed liquid; fermenting and culturing; filtering the fermented liquid under vacuum; concentrated the filtrate under vacuum; conducting alcohol precipitation on the concentrated liquid; precipitating and centrifuging; dialyzing after dissolving the precipitates in water; freezing and drying the dialysate under vacuum; and obtaining the extracellular polysaccharide. The D. officinale endophytic fungus strain belongs to Fusarium solani, and the extracellular polysaccharide produced thereby has inhibitory effects on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella ssp., and Bacillus subtilis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Wenyong Lou, Yingjie Zeng, Hongfeng Wang, Minhua Zong, Jing Liang
  • Publication number: 20190040430
    Abstract: A yeast strain and a method for the synthesis of 2,5-dihydroxymethylfuran using this strain are disclosed. The yeast strain is Meyerozyma guilliermondii SC 1103, which has been maintained in the China Center for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC, Wuhan, P.R. China) with an access No. of M2016144. The method for the synthesis of 2,5-dihydroxymethylfuran using this strain is described as follows: after pre-cultivation and cultivation, Meyerozyma guilliermondii SC 1103 cells are added into the buffer solutions containing 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and glucose; the biocatalytic reaction is conducted under designated conditions, thus affording 2,5-dihydroxymethylfuran. This disclosure has many advantages such as good selectivity, mild reaction conditions, environmental friendliness, high efficiency, and good yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ning LI, Yanmei LI, Minhua ZONG