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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:
Sep. 06, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadayuki Imanaka, Suita, JP;
Shoji Sakurai, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Nikko Bio Technica Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12R / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530321 ; 435 712 ; 435830 ; 530317 ;
Abstract
A novel biosurfactant having a high surface activity, as well as a microorganism producing the surfactant is disclosed. The biosurfactant according to the present invention is represented by the formula [I]. ##STR1## The present invention also provides Arthrobacter sp. No. 38 (FERM BP-4435) which produces the biosurfactant of the formula [I].