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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
May. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kalidas Shetty, Amherst, MA (US);
Zuoxing Zheng, Amherst, MA (US);
Robert E Levin, Amherst, MA (US);
Assignee:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B09B / ; C12N / ; A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352625 ; 4352563 ; 424 935 ;
Abstract
A new strain Penicillium Sp.B1 ATCC74414 has been discovered that is capable of degrading polymeric aromatic dyes, including azo dyes. The invention features new Penicillium strains, and mutants thereof, as well as methods of bioremediation to degrade these dyes and other, related aromatic pollutants.