Microorganisms of the genus hyphomicrobium and process for degrading compounds which contain methyl groups in aqueous solutions

Patent · Tue Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5752685

Ghisalba, O; Heinzer, F; Kuenzi, M

The present invention relates to novel facultative methylotrophic microorganisms of the genus Hyphomicrobium, to protein-containing biomass, and to a process for the microbiological purification of aqueous solutions, e.g. wastewaters, which contain methanol, ethanol, glucose, dimethyl phosphite, trimethyl phosphite, sodium formate, sodium acetate, methylammonium chloride, dimethylammonium chloride, ethylmethylammonium chloride or, chiefly, sodium methyl sulfate, as pollutants. The respective microorganism is cultured in aqueous solution and the pollutant is degraded simultaneously.

• Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
• Patent Number(s): US 4492756
• OSTI ID: 5752685
• Resource Relation: Patent Priority Date: Priority date 1 Dec 1982, Switzerland; Other Information: PAT-APPL-445783
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
09 BIOMASS FUELS
MICROORGANISMS
CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES
WASTE WATER
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
BIODEGRADATION
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
WATER TREATMENT
ACETATES
AMMONIUM CHLORIDES
BIOMASS
ETHANOL
FORMATES
GLUCOSE
METHANOL
PHOSPHOROUS ACID
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
WASTE PROCESSING
ALCOHOLS
ALDEHYDES
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
AMMONIUM HALIDES
BIOCONVERSION
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CONTROL
DECOMPOSITION
DIGESTION
ENERGY SOURCES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HEXOSES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MONOSACCHARIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
PROCESSING
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SACCHARIDES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
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