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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Irving J Higgins, Wingham, GB;
Assignee:
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435132 ; 435136 ; 435155 ; 435156 ; 435157 ; 435245 ; 435253 ;
Abstract
Microbiological oxidations of organic compounds including C6 to C28 alkanes, C2 to C18 alkenes and cyclic compounds such as cyclohexane and benzene carried out using as catalysts methane-utilizing bacteria adapted to utilize methanol as a carbon source. The application also covers methane-utilizing bacteria adapted to utilize methanol as a carbon source and a method for producing such bacteria. In the method methane-utilizing bacteria are cultured in the presence of methanol vapor as principal carbon source for sufficient time to allow adaptation to occur.