Oceanix Biosciences Corporation

University System of Maryland

American Moxie, LLC

Other

Thomas Jefferson University

Crop Genetics International

Parapro

Potomax Limited Partnership

Peter S Carlson

David M Manyak

Ernesto J Quintero

Alan B Chmurny

Ronald M Weiner

James L Leef

Hilary Koprowski

Douglas Craig Hooper

Jed W Fahey

Anna Modelska

Frank H Michaels

Zhen Fang Fu

Laura Jane Conway

Lawrence Kunstadt

Jeffrey L Flynn

The present invention relates to isolated structures containing degradative enzymes produced from a marine organism. The enzymes produced are based on the carbon source upon which the marine organism is growing. The enzymes are found in structures that can be isolated such that the degradative enzymes are easily harvested.

Preparation and use of biofilm-degrading, multiple-specificity, hydrolytic enzyme mixtures

The present invention provides methods for slowing down the rate at which plant biomaterials, such as lignin, are degraded, thereby improving the terrestrial storage of carbon by reducing the amount of gaseous carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere upon biodegradation. The inventive methods contemplate the modification of plant macromolecules to make them more resistant to degradation as well as the treatment of living and non-living plants with fungicides to prolong the rate of plant breakdown.

Plant preparations

A storage device for the preservation of oxidizable materials is provided. The storage device includes a storage chamber enclosing a storage space where oxidizable materials may be placed and a differentially permeable membrane. The differentially permeable membrane allows at least one selected gas to pass therethrough while inhibiting at least oxygen from passing therethrough. The differentially permeable membrane is in fluid communication with the storage chamber such that the at least one selected gas is allowed to pass through the differentially permeable membrane flows into the storage chamber. An air mover, preferably a compressor, feeds gases to the differentially permeable membrane. A cooling element is provided for cooling the temperature within the storage chamber below that of the ambient temperature. The level of oxygen within the storage chamber is thus reduced relative to the level of oxygen in the atmosphere.

Storage device utilizing a differentially permeable membrane to control gaseous content

The present invention is directed to the production and use of custom tailored, bacterial enzyme mixtures or components thereof for degrading biofilms in both industrial and therapeutic applications. The industrial applications include but are not limited to the use biofilm-degrading, multiple specificity, hydrolytic enzyme mixtures for removing or preventing the formation of biofilms in water cooling towers, industrial process piping, heat exchangers, in food processing or food preparation, in potable water systems, reservoirs, swimming pools, or related sanitary water systems, and on membranes such as those used for desalinization, industrial processes, or related applications. The therapeutic applications include but are not limited to the use of therapeutically-useful, multiple-specificity, hydrolytic enzyme mixtures for the prevention or treatment of dental caries, periodontal disease, cystic fibrosis or the complications or symptoms of cystic fibrosis, removal of biofilms from contact lenses, and diseases or complications associated with biofilm formation on implantable medical devices such as cardiovascular devices.

A method of infusing an edible fresh or freshly-cut fruit or vegetable is provided. First, the fruit or vegetable is allowed to reach a state of relative metabolic stasis or inactivity. Next, an infusion comprising an agent to be infused is provided, and the fruit or vegetable is submerged therein. Finally, the infusion is pressurized to a pressure for a time period. The agent to be infused is preferably a quality enhancing agent, a nutritionally beneficial agent, a pharmaceutical agent, or combinations of these. Most preferably, the quality enhancing agent may be an aroma enhancing agent, a flavoring enhancing agent, a sweetening agent, a color enhancing agent, or combinations of these, the nutritionally beneficial agent may be a vitamin, a mineral, an anti-oxidant, a phytochemical, or combinations of these, and the pharmaceutical agent may be a prescription drug, an over-the-counter drug, or combinations of these.

Method to infuse fresh fruits and vegetables with an agent

A process for the synthesis and delivery of bioactive compounds, compounds that have a therapeutic, biochemical, or immunologic, effect on an animal, such as human. In the process, clavibacter is genetically altered so that it synthesizes the bioactive compound. A plant may be infected with the genetically altered clavibacter and used an as oral delivery system.

Synthesis of immunologic, therapeutic and prophylactic compounds by

The present invention is directed to a method of recovering a biological molecule from a recombinant microorganism produced using a method based on either protoplast fusion or lipofection. The present invention further provides a method of identifying, isolating, or making a biological molecule from a recombinant microorganism and also encompasses the biological molecule produced by a recombinant microorganism. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method of making a recombinant microorganism containing the nucleic acid of a microorganism in an environmental sample, as well as the recombinant microorganisms themselves. Finally, the present invention is directed to a method of making a recombinant library, as well as the recombinant library itself.

Method of recovering a biological molecule from a recombinant

Protozoan parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa include some of the most important causative agents of human and animal diseases, in particular, malaria. The discovery that an organelle found inside parasites of this phylum probably stems from a plastid of plant origin has stimulated research on the effect of chemical herbicidal agents on Apicomplexa. Members of the triazine family and of the dinitroaniline family of herbicides have been found to be active against some Apicomplexa. The present invention extends the list of chemical herbicidal agents active against Apicomplexa to include classes of herbicides active as carotenoid synthesis inhibitory agents in plants and herbicidal agents effective against fatty acid synthesis in plants.

Carotenoid synthesis inhibiting herbicides and fatty acid synthesis

A method for the production of a plant of reduced stature is provided comprising the introduction of a bacterial cell into a seed or a plant, the bacterial cell being capable of replicating in the plant and of inducing a reduction in plant stature. A seed and a plant modified by introduction of such a bacterial cell are also provided.

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Alexandria, VA, United States of America

Peter S Carlson