Penicillium Brevi Patents (Class 435/934)
  • Beauvericin detoxification method using bacteria
    Patent number: 6126934
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterial microorganism having the ability to degrade or detoxify beauvericin or derivatives or analogs of beauvericin. The present invention further provides a method for detoxification of plants pre- or post-harvest using microbes having the ability to degrade or detoxify beauvericin or derivatives or analogs of beauvericin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Duvick, Tracy A. Rood
  • Method for production of mycophenolic acid by fermentation
    Patent number: 4452891
    Abstract: Mycophenolic acid is produced by aerobically culturing in a culture medium a mutant of the genus Penicillium capable of producing mycophenolic acid, said mutant being resistant to clofibrat, and recovering the mycophenolic acid which accumulates in the culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Company Incorporated
    Inventors: Takao Kida, Takehiko Ishikawa, Hiroshiro Shibai