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US 5,602,065 AGranted
Process for preparing functional ceramics
OwnerTeruo Higainventor
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Abstract
According to the present invention, ceramics which are prepared by calcining a composition comprising raw ceramic materials and a microorganism and/or culture fluid thereof, wherein the microorganisms is capable of producing an antioxidation material. The ceramic of the present invention possesses a variety of activities of, for instance, improving the soil, decomposing sewage or sludge, and deodorizing an unpleasant odor.
Claims5
A process for preparing a ceramic comprising calcining a ceramic material with 25 to 40 weight percent of microorganisms
- and/or culture fluid thereof at a temperature and for a time sufficient for calcination to take place,
- wherein at least five microorganisms are selected and at least one microorganism is selected from each of the five groups of actinomycetes, phototrophic bacteria, lactic acid bacteria, mold fungi and yeast wherein
- said actinomycetes belong to genus Streptomyces, Streptoverticillium, Nocardia, Micromonospora, or Rhodococcus;
- said phototrophic bacteria belong to genus Rhodopseudomonas, Rhodospirillum, Chromatium, or Chlorobium;
- said lactic acid bacteria belong to genus Lactobacillus, Propionibacterium, or Pediococcus;
- said mold fungi belong to genus Aspergillus or Mucor;
- and
- said yeast belong to genus Saccharomyces or Candida.
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