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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naoki Nakatsugawa, Wako-shi, Saitama-ken, JP;
Koki Horikoshi, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Research Development Corporation of Japan, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12R / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352521 ; 435167 ; 435822 ;
Abstract
Methanohalococcus alcaliphilum having an optimum growth sodium chloride concentration ranging from about 2.5 to about 3 mole are herein disclosed. The bacteria are halophilic or halophilic and alkalophilic and can be used as the microorganisms which play a central role in the methods of methane fermentation to enhance the efficiency of such a method since the use of the microorganism makes it possible to carry out the method at an alkaline pH, in the presence of salts in a high concentration and at a low temperature.