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US 5,854,059 AGranted
Biodegradation of an organic compound and process for upgrading the environment by removing the aforesaid compound
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinya Kozaki, Tetsuya Yano, Chieko Mihara, Takeshi Imamura
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Abstract
An organic compound is biodegraded using JM1 (FERM BP-5352) by contacting the JM1 with an organic compound and culturing the JM1 in a medium including source of conjugated carbon which is citric acid, maleic acid or a salt thereof.
Claims29
A process for the biodegradation of an organic compound using JM1 (FERM BP5352), which process comprises the steps of:
- contacting the JM1 with the organic compound;
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- culturing the JM1 in a medium which includes a source of conjugated carbon which comprises citric acid or a salt thereof and malic acid or a salt thereof.
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