Streptomyces Patents (Class 424/93.43)
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Patent number: 11457634Abstract: The application belongs to the field of biotechnology and microbiology, in particular to a strain of Streptomyces roseoverticillatus (Sr-63) which antagonizes the Rice Bacterial Blight and its application in the prevention and treatment of plant diseases. The application discloses a strain of S. roseoverticillatus (Sr-63) with the accession number CCTCC No.: M 2019261. It is also disclosed the application of the S. roseoverticillatus (Sr-63): used for controlling Rice Bacterial Blight.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Donghua Jiang, Matida Suwantammarong, Yunzhang Ding, Tingting Shi, Mengxia Lv
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Patent number: 10448645Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising Root-Lesion Nematode (RLN)-inhibitory Methylobacterium sp., as well as cell-free culture supernatants, fractions, and concentrates obtained from the Root-Lesion Nematode (RLN)-inhibitory Methylobacterium sp. Also provided are related methods for controlling RLN infections of plants, and methods of making the compositions.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc.Inventors: Natalie Breakfield, Gregg Bogosian
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Patent number: 10413588Abstract: The present disclosure provides for methods providing a pre/probiotic agent to a subject. Human Intelectin 1 (hIntL-1) has been shown to bind selectively to glycan components on bacteria, thereby promoting and protecting the microbiome.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventors: Laura L. Kiessling, Darryl A. Wesener, Federico Rey, Kittikhun Wangkanont
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Patent number: 9943497Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating pulmonary fibrosis comprising an isothiocyanate-based compound and a biguanide agent as active ingredients, a method for preventing or treating pulmonary fibrosis using the composition, and use of the isothiocyanate-based compound and the biguanide agent for the preparation of the prophylactic or therapeutic agent for preventing or treating pulmonary fibrosis. The pharmaceutical composition comprising the isothiocyanate-based compound and the biguanide agent as active ingredients of the present invention can be used to stably prevent or treat pulmonary fibrosis for which specific therapeutic agents have not yet been known, and thus it can be widely used for health and welfare improvement through treatment of pulmonary fibrosis.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignees: GACHON UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, GIL MEDICAL CENTERInventor: Sung Hwan Jeong
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Publication number: 20150148230Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one biological control agent. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as well as a method for reducing overall damage of plants and plant parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Elke Hellwege, Wolfram Andersch, Klaus Stenzel, Bernd Springer
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Publication number: 20150141246Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one biological control agent. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as well as a method for reducing overall damage of plants and plant parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Elke Hellwege, Wolfram Andersch, Klaus Stenzel, Bernd Springer
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Publication number: 20150141244Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one biological control agent. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as well as a method for reducing overall damage of plants and plant parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: Bayer Cropscience AGInventors: Elke Hellwege, Wolfram Andersch, Klaus Stenzel, Bernd Springer
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Publication number: 20150104417Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one biological control agent. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as well as a method for reducing overall damage of plants and plant parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Elke Hellwege, Wolfram Andersch, Klaus Stenzel, Bernd Springer
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Publication number: 20150011389Abstract: The present invention relates to active compound combinations for reducing the damage of plants and plant parts as well as losses in harvested fruits or vegetables caused by insects, nematodes or phytopathogens and which have fungicidal or nematicidal or insecticidal activity including any combination of the three activities, in particular within a composition, which comprises (A) Fluopyram and (B) one biological control agent, in particular bacteria, fungi or yeasts, protozoa, viruses, entomopathogenic nematodes, inoculants, botanicals and products produced by microorganisms including proteins or secondary metabolites. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for curatively or preventively controlling insects, nematodes or phytopathogens on the plant, plant parts, harvested fruits or vegetables, to the use of a combination according to the invention for the treatment of seed, to a method for protecting a seed and not at least to the treated seed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventor: Elke Hellwege
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Publication number: 20140294788Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for enhancing muscle protein synthesis following physical exertion. In a general embodiment, a method for enhancing muscle protein synthesis following physical exertion is provided and includes administering to an individual a composition comprising from about 15 to about 35 g protein immediately following concurrent training. Programs for enhancing muscle adaptation resulting from concurrent training are also provided. The programs include providing a composition comprising from about 15 to about 35 g protein; and providing guidelines for consumption including a recommendation of the amount of the composition to consume immediately following concurrent training.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Nestec S.A.Inventors: David Mark BAILEY, Eric Scott ZALTAS, Daniel Ryan MOORE, Trent STELLINGWERFF
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Publication number: 20140228214Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one biological control agent selected from the group consisting of Streptomyces strains, preferably gougerotin-producing Streptomyces strains such as Streptomyces microflavus strain NRRL B-50550 and/or a mutant thereof having all the identifying characteristics of the respective strain, and/or at least one metabolite produced by the respective strain that exhibits activity against insects, mites, nematodes and/or phytopathogens and at least one fungicide (I) in a synergistically effective amount, with the proviso that the biological control agent and fungicide (I) are not identical. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as well as a method for reducing overall damage of plants and plant parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE LPInventors: Wolfram ANDERSCH, Damian CURTIS, Shaohua GUAN, Magalie GUILHABERT-GOYA, Reed Nathan ROYALTY, Frisby Davis SMITH, Bernd SPRINGER, Wolfgang THIELERT, Ulrike WACHENDORFF-NEUMANN, Hong ZHU
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Publication number: 20140228213Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one biological control agent selected from the group consisting of Streptomyces microflavus strain NRRL B-50550 and/or a mutant thereof having all the identifying characteristics of the respective strain, and/or at least one metabolite produced by the respective strain that exhibits activity against insects, mites, nematodes and/or phytopathogens and at least one insecticide in a synergistically effective amount, with the proviso that the biological control agent and the insecticide are not identical. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as well as a method for reducing overall damage of plants and plant parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENE LPInventors: Wolfram ANDERSCH, Damian CURTIS, Shaohua GUAN, Magalie GUILHABERT-GOYA, Reed Nathan ROYALTY, Bernd Springer, Wolfgang THIELERT, Hong ZHU
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Publication number: 20140221205Abstract: Novel actinomycete strain composition and its use.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicants: UNIVERSITE CADI AYYAD-FACULTE DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA, MARRAKESH-MAROC, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Marie-Joelle Virolle, Hanane Hamdali, Yedir Ouhdouch, Mohamed Hafidi, Ahmed Benhafrref, Ahmed Lebrihi, Marie Carmen Monje
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Publication number: 20140105862Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strains of Streptomyces microflavus and methods of their use for controlling diseases or pests of a plant. The invention also relates to a fermentation broth obtained by cultivating a gougerotin producing Streptomyces strain, wherein the fermentation broth contains at least about 1 g/L gougerotin. The invention also relates to a method of producing a fermentation broth of a gougerotin producing Streptomyces strain, wherein the fermentation broth contains at least about 1 g/L gougerotin, the method comprising cultivating the Streptomyces strain in a culture medium containing a digestible carbon source and a digestible nitrogen source under aerobic conditions, wherein the culture medium contains an amino acid at a concentration effective to achieve a gougerotin concentration of at least 1 g/L.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Bayer CropScience LPInventors: Brian CAMPBELL, Damian CURTIS, Shaohua GUAN, Magalie GUILHABERT-GOYA, Daniel M. JOO, Tara LU, Jonathan S. MARGOLIS, Reed Nathan ROYALTY, Gerardo Bueno SALAZAR, David SESIN, Frisby Davis SMITH, Colleen TAYLOR, Hong ZHU
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Publication number: 20140044685Abstract: Nutritional compositions for maximizing muscle protein synthesis while minimizing the catabolism of muscle proteins and methods of using same are provided. In this manner, the nutritional compositions may provide for retention of lean body mass, which helps to avoid loss of independence and functionality, as well as to improve quality of life especially in the elderly at risk of sarcopenia and frailty. The nutritional compositions include ?-hydroxyisocaproic acid and citrulline. The composition may include other functional ingredients such as, but not limited to whey protein including whey protein micelles, prebiotic fibers, ?-keto-glutarate, eicosapentaenoic acid, L-carnitine, nucleotides, and amino acids. Methods of administering such nutritional products to individuals in need of same are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Norman Alan Greenberg, Denis Breuille, Zamzam Kabiry (Fariba) Roughead, Doug Bolster, Jennifer Mager
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Publication number: 20140045688Abstract: Coating composition for applying to a vegetable plant structure such as a seed of a vegetable plant from which roots and shoots are capable of growing, wherein the said coating composition comprises an organic carrier material in particulate form and one or more biological agents that possess an activity against at least one or more pathogens of the said vegetable plantType: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: EXOSECT LIMITEDInventor: Nicholas Hugh Hylton Jessop
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Publication number: 20140030242Abstract: Disclosed are a novel strain with antibacterial activity, identified as Streptomyces sp. AN1542 strain (Accession No.: KCTC 12113BP), an antibacterial composition comprising a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 or 2, or a strain producing the same as an active ingredient, and a method for producing the same. Exhibiting potent antibacterial activity against pathogenic microbes and antibiotic-resistant microbes, particularly, MRSA, QRSA, VRSA and VRE, the compound or the strain of the present invention can be applied to the treatment of infectious diseases caused by superbacteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventors: Won Gon Kim, Yun Ju Kwon, Mi Jin Sohn
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Publication number: 20140017216Abstract: The present invention relates to a pesticidal mixture comprising, as active I) at least one active compound I selected from the group consisting of the Streptomyces galbus strain having accession number NRRL 30232, the Streptomyces galbus strain having accession number NRRL 50334, a mutant of said strains, a variant of said strains, a metabolite produced by said strains, a supernatant obtained from the whole broth culture of said strains and a solvent extract of said supernatants, wherein said mutant and variant have the identifying characteristics substantially identical to those of said strains, and 2) at least one active compound II selected from the groups A.I to A.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE LPInventors: Clark D. Klein, Rebecca Willis, Luis Jose, Nigel Ames
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Publication number: 20130089530Abstract: The invention relates to compositions for treating parasitic worm infections in a mammal. The composition includes an amount of intracellular components of lysed, beneficial, soil-inhabiting yeast cells sufficient to treat parasitic worm infections in a mammal; and/or an amount of whole or lysed soil-inhabiting bacteria cells, wherein the amount is sufficient to treat parasitic worm infections in a mammal, and optionally a pharmaceutically suitable carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: MICROBES, INC.Inventor: MICROBES, INC.
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Publication number: 20120276201Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating inflammatory bowel disease involve the use of targeted antibiotics in combination with probiotic formulations. The probiotics mitigate many of the deleterious side effects associated with antibiotic use and permit the antibiotic to be administered at a higher dose and for a longer duration than would otherwise be possible in the absence of the probiotic. The practice of the invention may reduce or eliminate the use of immunosuppressants in the treatment and management of IBD.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventor: Ira Milton Trachtman
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Publication number: 20120219526Abstract: The present invention relates to nutritional composition for infants and/or children comprising lactoferrin and probiotics. These compositions have been found to be useful in providing health benefits in infants and/or children. A method of manufacture of these compositions is also part of the invention. These compositions may be in the form of a kit of parts wherein a first composition according to the invention and a second composition according to the invention are each adapted to fulfil the nutritional requirements in two different age groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Petra Gerda Klassen, Corinne Magliola, Daniel Roland Manser, Theresa Voss
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Publication number: 20120183594Abstract: A method of protecting plants from ozone by applying to the photosynthetically active portions of said plants a particle film containing particles, an effective amount of a volumizing and two or more of nitrogen-rich carbonaceous materials which destroy ozone, microbial fertilizer which promotes microbial growth in the particle film, and ozone-reactable carbonaceous materials coated on the particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicants: Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc.Inventors: David Michael Glenn, Peter S. Barrows, Kurt C. Volker, Christopher G. Hayden
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Publication number: 20120093791Abstract: There is provided a method of attenuating a respiratory infection in a subject, use of a composition for the manufacture of a medicament and a composition for treating respiratory infections comprising a preparation of Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula (SR), a non pathogenic thermophilic actinomycetes, which can stimulate the innate pulmonary immune response. This invention thus presents a novel preventive measure for acute viral or bacterial lung infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Inventors: Cormier Yvon, Mélissa Girard, Evelyne Israël-Assayag
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GROWTH ENHANCEMENT AND CONTROL OF BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL PLANT DISEASES WITH STREPTOMYCES SCOPULIRIDIS
Publication number: 20120028799Abstract: Methods of controlling plant diseases mediated by bacterial or fungal plant pathogens. The method comprises providing Streptomyces scopuliridis strain RB72 or an isolated protein or polypeptide comprising the amino acid of SEQ ID NO:1 and applying the Streptomyces scopuliridis strain RB72 or the isolated protein or polypeptide comprising the amino acid of SEQ ID NO:1 to plants or plant seeds under conditions effective to treat plant diseases mediated by bacterial or fungal plant pathogens. Also disclosed is a plant or plant seed treated by this method, a planting composition, and a method of enhancing growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: BIOWORKS, INC.Inventors: William R. MARTIN, JR., Nicole J. SCOTT -
Publication number: 20110189143Abstract: The present invention provides formulations and methods for preventing, suppressing, treating, or controlling pre- or post-harvest disease or decay in plants. In the inventive method, plants are contacted with a formulation including an antagonistic microorganism and a booster composition. The booster composition generally includes about 3 parts Kaolin clay, about 1 part yeast, about 1 part Yucca plant extract, and about 1 part calcium-source material. The antagonistic microorganism may be included in an amount of between about 0.02 parts and about 0.5 parts by weight of the formulation, with about 0.04 parts antagonistic microorganism being preferred in testing to date. The formulation is typically applied to the above ground structures of the plant, including its leaves, flowers, stems, trunk, blossoms and fruit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventor: William Brower
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Publication number: 20110143940Abstract: A new Streptomyces beta-vulgaris strain that is deposited at the CNCM under number I-3639, and the use of this strain or a mutant strain for obtaining a composition (culture filtrate) and active compounds (secondary metabolites) by fermentation. Also, the use of the new strain, a mutant strain, the culture filtrate, or active compounds for the protection of plants and the biological struggle against phytopathogenic agents and/or for stimulating the growth of plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicants: AGRONUTRITION, INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSEInventors: Ahmed Lebrihi, Rafik Errakhi, Mustapha Barakate
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Patent number: 7935360Abstract: The invention concerns the application of compositions of micro-organisms in biological control of vine cryptogamic diseases. Said composition comprises a mixture of at least one bacterium and at least one yeast, the bacterium or bacteria and the yeast(s) being non-toxic for the plant. The invention also concerns bacterial and yeast strains, as well as biofungicide formulations containing an efficient amount of at least one composition of micro-organisms including in mixture at least one bacterium and one yeast, the bacterium or bacteria and the yeast(s) being non-toxic for the plant, and a composition of filamentous fungi, in particular of the genus Pichia, Pythium, Trichoderma, Gliocladium, Ampelomyces, Talaromyces, Epicococcum, combined with an inert carrier. The invention is useful for treating cryptogamic plant diseases, in particular crop plants and vine.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2003Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Universite de BourgogneInventor: Bernard Paul
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Publication number: 20110008303Abstract: Described herein are methods for treating and preventing MRSA/MSSA. The present subject matter deviates from current treatment methods by introducing a controlled decolonization/recolonization method, which eradicates the host surface area of MRSA/MSSA, and colonizes the newly cleared surface area with a nonpathogenic or pathogenic bacteria capable of out-competing MRSA/MSSA.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTERInventor: George Y. Liu
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Publication number: 20100260733Abstract: The present invention discloses novel mechanisms in the aging process and describes novel methods for high-throughput screening to identify, detect, and purify agents to be used for improving mitochondrial function, maintaining the cell cycle-arrested state in senescent and post mitotic cells, and thus preventing or treating age-related diseases or disorders associated with accelerated mitochondrial function loss, telomere dysfunction, and/or deterioration of the growth-arrested state. The present invention also discloses a number of compounds or compositions identified from this method. The present invention further provides the use of low doses of rapamycin or its analogs as a mimic of caloric restriction in preventing age-related diseases or disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventor: HAIYAN QI
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Publication number: 20100234224Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions that can improve biological activity or can increase population density of natural or beneficial microorganisms on surfaces. By proper use of the compositions, the present invention provides uses of protecting plants from plant pathogen, harmful insects or weedy plants or of promoting plant growth. By proper use of the compositions in the present invention, biological activity or population density of natural or beneficial microorganisms can be increased and the improved biological activity or population density of the microorganisms can protect plants from harmful organisms including plant pathogens, harmful insects or weedy plants or can promote plant growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2008Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventor: Dal Soo Kim
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Publication number: 20090238804Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of cells containing in their genome a specific DNA molecule, as cytopathic agents able to inhibit the proliferation of cells, when these proliferative cells are contacted with the cells containing the above-mentioned DNA molecule.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2007Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUEInventors: Eric Oswald, Jörg Hacker, Jean Philippe Nougayrede, Ulrich Dobrindt, Frederic Taieb, Fabrice Pierre
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Publication number: 20090081173Abstract: Disclosed are methods of increasing the virulence of a bacteriophage, comprising contacting a bacteriophage with a composition comprising a bacterium or bacterial extract; and a polymer. Also disclosed are methods of propagating and isolating therapeutic bacteriophages that involve use of dilute polymer compositions. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions the bacteriophage for which virulence has been increased by the methods set forth herein or which have been isolated by the methods set forth herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Inventor: Philip Serwer
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Publication number: 20080305089Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition which includes naturally occurring, non-transgenic isolated bacteria from the group of Lactococcus and Acinetobacter or fragments thereof or mixtures thereof, to such a bacterium as a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of allergic or chronic inflammatory disorders and to a process for producing this composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2008Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: Protectimmun GmbHInventors: Albrecht Bufe, Otto Holst, Harald Renz, Erika von Mutius, Johann Bauer, Nicole Blumer, Jennifer Debarry, Markus Ege, Susanne Friedrich, Holger Garn, Soren Gatermann, Anna Hanuszkiewicz, Holger Heine, Michael Wegmann
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Patent number: 7423008Abstract: The invention, in one aspect, generally relates to mithramycin derivatives from mutated Streptomyces argillaceus and their production. The invention also relates using the derivatives for the treatment of various diseases. Finally, the invention relates to a mutated Streptomyces argillaceus useful in the production of the mithramycin derivatives.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2004Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignees: University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Universidad de OviedoInventors: Jurgen Rohr, Lily L. Remsing, Mohammad Nur-e-Alam, Jose A. Salas, Carmen Mendez, Alfredo F. Braña, Ana M. Gonzà lez
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Patent number: 7344875Abstract: The invention provides novel biologically pure cultures of microorganisms high in protease activity and capable of decomposing proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis as contained in garbage, waste water, organic waste liquids, industrial wastes and the like, a protease produced by such microorganisms and capable of decomposing proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis, and a method of utilizing the same. The novel culture is of a soil-derived microorganism belonging to Streptomyces sp., or a strain derived therefrom, which produces a protease capable of efficiently decomposing proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis as contained in waste water, organic waste liquids, industrial wastes and so forth.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2003Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Microbial Chemistry Research FoundationInventors: Hiroyasu Doi, Naoko Kinoshita, Tatsuzo Oka, Zhao Hui
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Patent number: 7294501Abstract: A use of an inoculum of a geldanamycin-producing strain able to survive in a plant rhizosphere as a biocontrol of common scab affecting the plant and a method for biocontrolling common scab comprising the use of such strain. A biologically pure culture of a Streptomyces strain deposited at the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) Accession number BAA-668, or a variant thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2003Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Universite De SherbrookeInventors: Carole Beaulieu, Julie Beauséjour, Sonya Agbessi
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Patent number: 7259004Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated strains of a Streptomyces spp. which are endophytes of dicotyledonous plants and to methods for selecting such strains. The present invention also relates to compounds having biological activity selected from the group consisting of munumbicin A, munumbicin B, munumbicin C and munumbicin D, kakadumycin A, kakadumycin B, and kakadumycin C. The present invention further relates to compositions of such compounds and to methods of protecting plants against attack by a plant pathogen and methods of inhibiting bacterial growth, fungal growth, viral infection, growth of parasitic organisms, and cancer cell growth with such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2003Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Montana State UniversityInventors: Gary A. Strobel, Uvidelio F. Castillo
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Patent number: 7101684Abstract: Modular polyketide synthases modified so as not to incorporate natural starter units can be used for clean synthesis of novel polyketides.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignees: Stanford University, Brown University Research FoundationInventors: Chaitan Khosla, Rembert Pieper, Guanglin Luo, David Cane
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Patent number: 7019014Abstract: The disclosure describes the production of anticancer agent LL-D45042, having the structure: by fermentation, to methods for the recovery and concentration of this anticancer agent from crude solutions, and to processes for the purification of this anticancer agent as well as a new microorganism of the species Streptomyces hygroscopicus LL-D45042 and mutants thereof useful in the preparation of this compound.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2004Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Wyeth Holdings CorporationInventors: Valerie S. Bernan, Edmund I. Graziani
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Patent number: 6852317Abstract: A novel antibiotic-producing Streptomyces sp. is provided that exhibits antifungal activity only on certain specific plant pathogens. Also provided is a method of treating or protecting plants from fungal infections comprising applying an effective amount of an antibiotic-producing Streptomyces sp. having all the identifying characteristics of NRRL Accession number B-30145. The invention also relates to fungicidal compositions comprising this novel Streptomyces strain and the antibiotics and metabolites produced by this strain either alone, or in combination with other chemical and biological pesticides.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2001Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: AgraQuest, Inc.Inventors: Lori Jo Lehman, Randy Jay McCoy, Caiyao Yuan, Denise Carol Manker, Jimmy Ensio Orjala, Pamela Gail Marrone, Jorge Isaac Jimenez Santamaria
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Publication number: 20040175778Abstract: This invention relates to a method for increasing the productivity of the secondary metabolite in a micro-organism, for example, the improvement of antibiotic producers by conferring drug-resistant mutations to micro-organisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2003Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Kozo Ochi, Haifeng Hu, Motohiro Hino, Akihiko Fujie, Hideyuki Muramatsu
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Publication number: 20030228642Abstract: A method for determining a potential efficacy of an administration of immunotherapy for treating Crohn's disease includes screening for a presence of Mycobacterium avium ss. paratuberculosis (MAP) in a serum of a patient. In another embodiment, Crohn's disease is treated by screening for a presence of MAP in a serum of a patient and avoiding a use of immunotherapy as a primary treatment if the patient screens serologically positive for MAP. Preferably, the patient is treated with a regimen of antibiotics to eradicate a presence of MAP. Then, if necessary, immunotherapy may be undertaken, preferably following a regimen of probiotics.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2002Publication date: December 11, 2003Inventor: Ira Shafran
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Patent number: 6544511Abstract: A disease control agent and a phytoalexin inducing agent, comprising Streptomyces sp. R-5 as an active ingredient are disclosed. Disease-resistant plants may be produced by inoculating plants with the disclosed Streptomyces sp. R-5. The disease control agent and a phytoalexin inducing agent are further useful in that they have low toxicity to humans and cause no environmental contamination.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignees: Akatsuka Orchid Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomio Nishimura, Hitoshi Kunoh, Tamotsu Furumai, Yasuhiro Igarashi, Yukio Sato, Masafumi Shimizu
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Patent number: 6524577Abstract: A novel antibiotic-producing Streptomyces sp. is provided that exhibits antifungal activity only on certain specific plant pathogens. Also provided is a method of treating or protecting plants from fungal infections comprising applying an effective amount of an antibiotic-producing Streptomyces sp. having all the identifying characteristics of NRRL Accession number B-30145. The invention also relates to fungicidal compositions comprising this novel Streptomyces strain and the antibiotics and metabolites produced by this strain either alone, or in combination with other chemical and biological pesticides.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2000Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: AgraQuest, Inc.Inventors: Lori Jo Lehman, Randy Jay McCoy, Cai-yao Yuan, Denise Carol Manker, Jimmy Ensio Orjala, Pamela Gail Marrone
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Patent number: 6514748Abstract: The present invention provides a novel strain of Streptomyces sp. having Accession Number PTA 973 and a process for the preparation of an alkaline protease inhibitor employing the said strain.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2000Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchInventors: Jui Venkatesh Vernekar, Mohini Sadanand Ghatge, Mala Balchandra Rao, Vasanti Vishnu Deshpande
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Publication number: 20020192201Abstract: A method for treating a human patient includes screening for Crohn's disease by simultaneously contacting a human serum sample with an antigen composition comprising a 35 kD protein expressed by a recombinant p35 clone specific to sera from Johne's disease and a 36 kD protein expressed by a recombinant p36 clone specific to sera from Crohn's disease. A bound antibody-antigen complex to the antigen composition is detected, the bound antibody-antigen complex detecting a presence of Mycobacterium avium ss. paratuberculosis (MAP). If the screening results are positive, the patient is administered a regimen of an antibiotic effective in and sufficient for eradicating a presence of MAP. Preferably a probiotic and specific carbohydrate diet are also administered. In a related method Crohn's disease is screened for by performing an ELISA analysis for serum antibodies to MAP, and, for patients screening positive for MAP, the antibiotic regimen is administered.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Inventor: Ira Shafran
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Publication number: 20020106357Abstract: A method for treating a human patient suspected of having Crohn's disease includes the step of screening for Crohn's disease by simultaneously contacting a human serum sample with an antigen composition comprising a 35 kD protein expressed by a recombinant p35 clone specific to sera from Johne's disease and a 36 kD protein expressed by a recombinant p36 clone specific to sera from Crohn's disease. Next a bound antibody-antigen complex to the antigen composition is detected, wherein the bound antibody-antigen complex detects a presence of Mycobacterium avium ss. paratuberculosis (MAP), and thus indicates a presence of Crohn's disease. If the screening results are positive, the patient is then administered a regimen of an antibiotic effective in and sufficient for eradicating a presence of MAP.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2001Publication date: August 8, 2002Inventor: Ira Shafran
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Patent number: 6333188Abstract: Although the inventors previously found that the novel species designated Lactobacillus clearans was highly effective for health purposes, they noted in particular that this species lacked sufficient intestinal purification action. Efforts to produce a species of higher potency and the like to remedy this drawback led to the unavoidable conclusion that the use of a bacterium by itself produced limited results. The concurrent use of another active substance was thus considered in seeking a lactic acid bacteria preparation capable of invigorating healthy individuals, and of renewing a sense of well being and restored health in semi-sick individuals or semi-healthy individuals. The invention relates to a lactic acid bacteria preparation, comprising viable cells of Lactobacillus clearans, and either or both of viable and killed cells of Enterococcus faecalis capable of reducing one or more of at least triglycerides and cholesterol.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2000Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: BHPH Company LimitedInventors: Tadayo Hata, Toshiyuki Maruoka
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Publication number: 20010031258Abstract: The present invention provides a disease control agent and a phytoalexin inducing agent, comprising Streptomyces sp. R-5 as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2001Publication date: October 18, 2001Inventors: Tomio Nishimura, Hitoshi Kunoh, Tamotsu Furumai, Yasuhiro Igarashi, Yukio Sato, Masafumi Shimizu
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Patent number: 6297043Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound named Mumbaistatin, its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and derivatives, a process for its production, and its use as a pharmaceutical. Mumbaistatin is obtainable by cultivation of the microorganism HIL-008003 (DSM 11641). Mumbaistatin is a glucose-6-phosphate translocase inhibitor and can be used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The present invention further relates to a process for the production of Mumbaistatin, to the microorganism HIL-008003 (DSM 11641), to the use of Mumbaistatin and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and derivatives as pharmaceuticals, in particular to their use in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising Mumbaistatin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1999Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Assignee: Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbHInventors: Nirogi Venkata Satya Ramakrishna, Keshavapura Hosamane Sreedhara Swamy, Erra Koteswara Satya Vijaya Kumar, Manoj Maniram Singh Kushwaha, Sridevi Kota, Mythili Raman, Swati Dhananjay Tare, Sunil Kumar Deshmukh, Dietmar Schummer, Michael Kurz, Herbert Kogler