Patents by Inventor Rebecca Mau

Rebecca Mau 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).

  • Quantitative substrate utilization in microbial ecology using stable isotope probing
    Patent number: 10472670
    Abstract: Methods modifying conventional SIP so that isotopic incorporation into the genomes of individual microbial taxa can be quantified are described. Further, methods to quantify the baseline densities of the DNA of individual microbial taxa without exposure to isotope tracers and then to quantify the change in DNA density of each taxon caused by isotope incorporation are described. The distribution of DNA of each taxon along a density gradient reflects the influence of isotope incorporation only, without reflecting the guanine-plus-cytosine content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bruce Hungate, Egbert Schwartz, Rebecca Mau, Jane Marks
  • QUANTITATIVE SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION IN MICROBIAL ECOLOGY USING STABLE ISOTOPE PROBING
    Publication number: 20180002745
    Abstract: Methods modifying conventional SIP so that isotopic incorporation into the genomes of individual microbial taxa can be quantified are described. Further, methods to quantify the baseline densities of the DNA of individual microbial taxa without exposure to isotope tracers and then to quantify the change in DNA density of each taxon caused by isotope incorporation are described. The distribution of DNA of each taxon along a density gradient reflects the influence of isotope incorporation only, without reflecting the guanine-plus-cytosine content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Bruce Hungate, Egbert Schwartz, Rebecca Mau, Jane Marks