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Estrogenic substance degradable microorganism and use thereof

US8163534B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA · JP
Japan as represented by Director-General of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management · JP

Inventors

Takeshi Yoshimoto · Minato, JP
Fumiko Nagai · Tokyo, JP
Junji Fujimoto · Minato, JP
Kazumasa Kimura · Osaka, JP
Harumi Mizukoshi · Tokyo, JP
Koichi Watanabe · Minato, JP
Takashi Makino · Minato, JP
Hiroshi Omura · Minato, JP
Hideyuki Saino · Tsukuba, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 2006
Grant date	Apr 24, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 13, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S435/822
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A microorganism capable of degrading an estrogenic substance contained in wastewater and the like; a method for the simple and effective degradation of an estrogenic substance contained in domestic wastewater, wastewater discharged from a livestock farm, or the like by using the microorganism; and an apparatus for achieving the degradation are provided. An estrogenic substance-degrading microorganism which belongs to the genus Pseudaminobacter, Gordonia, Nocardia, Zoogloea, Pandoraea, Cryptococcus or Trichosporon and has an ability to degrade an estrogenic substance; a method for the degration of an estrogenic substance by using the microorganism; and an apparatus for achieving the degradation are provided.

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