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Method of degrading moniliformin with ochrobactrum

US6001638A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 1998
Grant dateDec 14, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/824
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a bacterial microorganism Ochrobactrum having the ability, to degrade or detoxify moniliformin or structurally related mycotoxins. The present invention further provides a method for detoxification of grain pre- or post-harvest using Ochrobactrum bacterium having the ability to degrade or detoxify moniliformin or derivatives or analogs of moniliformin and wherein the preferred bacterium is Ochrobactrum anthropi.

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