Organometallic-metabolizing yeast
AssigneeViva America Marketing, Inc.
InventorsPing Yang, Houn Simon Hsia
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Abstract
The present invention includes a novel yeast strain of the genus Saccharomyces boulardii sequela PY31 ATCC 74366 that is able to process certain metallic compounds into biologically active forms suitable for supplementing the human diet. The present invention also includes methods for isolating such yeast, nutritional supplement compositions containing such yeast, and methods of administering the nutritional supplement compositions to humans.
Claims15
A biologically pure culture of Saccharomyces boulardii ATCC 74,366 or an organometal metabolizing mutant thereof.
A method for preparing an organometallic yeast product comprising:
- selecting a soil sample by a method selected from the group consisting of obtaining soil within 100 yards of a germanium mine and obtaining soil from a site having visually observable germanium metal aggregates;
- collecting the soil sample;
- evaluating the soil sample to insure the presence of a Saccharomyces yeast strain which is capable of growing in a culture medium comprising about 6600 ppm dicarboxyethyl germanium sesquioxide;
- separating the Saccharomyces yeast from the soil sample;
- growing the Saccharomyces yeast in a growth medium to create a yeast culture;
- adding a solution comprising a metal ion to yeast cells of the yeast culture;
- pasteurizing the yeast cells;
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- drying the pasteurized yeast cells to obtain the organometallic yeast product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.