Microorganisms and methods for degrading plant cell walls and complex hydrocarbons

Patent · Tue Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5796031

Polne-Fuller, M

This patent describes a biologically pure multinucleated marine amoeba having the identifying characteristics of ATCC 40319. The amoeba being capable of digesting algal cell walls and having the further capacity to degrade paraffin, wax, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride polyvinylidene di-chloride and mixtures thereof.

• Assignee: The Regents of the Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 5051365; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-43219
• OSTI ID: 5796031
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 27 Apr 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
09 BIOMASS FUELS
ALGAE
BIODEGRADATION
AMOEBA
USES
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
CELL WALL
HYDROCARBONS
MICROBIAL LEACHING
MIXTURES
PARAFFIN
POLYETHYLENES
PVC
WAXES
ALKANES
ANIMALS
CELL CONSTITUENTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
DECOMPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
DISSOLUTION
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
INVERTEBRATES
LEACHING
MICROORGANISMS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POLYMERS
POLYOLEFINS
POLYVINYLS
PROTOZOA
SARCODINA
SEPARATION PROCESSES
020400* - Petroleum- Processing
090900 - Biomass Fuels- Processing- (1990-)
020500 - Petroleum- Products & By-Products