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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:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lonza Ltd., Gampel/Valais, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12R / ; C12R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435121 ; 435822 ; 435830 ;
Abstract
Microorganisms which are capable of growing with 2,5-dimethylpyrazine as the sole carbon, nitrogen and energy source. These microorganisms hydroxylate heterocycles of general formula: ##STR1## to heterocycles of general formula: ##STR2## The latter compounds are accumulated in the growth medium.