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Kazunori Kataoka

Teruo Nakamura

Yukio Nagasaki

Masao Kato

Teruo Okano

Shigeru Sato

Shigeji Nakajima

This invention provides a heterotelechelic oligomer or polymer which is represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein A denotes a sugar residue, L denotes a linkage group represented by the following formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently denote lower alkyl, aralkyl or aryl,

Polyoxyethylene having a sugar on one end and a different functional

Polyethylene oxides having saccharide residue at one end and different

The fermentation apparatus according to the invention is of a vertically oriented, multistage type comprising one or more fermentation tanks, an outlet port provided at the top of the fermentation tank, a maturation tank disposed below the fermentation tank, and a preliminary fermentation tank disposed below the maturation tank. Each fermentation tank includes a support member rotatable in the circumferential direction, an agitation member removably connected to the support member and including a plurality of agitation blades rotatable in the horizontal direction relative to the bottom surface of the fermentation apparatus, a gas intake device disposed below the agitation member, a transfer opening member for open-close movement, and a filter member provided at the top of the fermentation tank.

Fermentation apparatus

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Shizuoka, Japan

Teruo Nakamura