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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeru Maruyama, Wako, JP;
Takuya Sato, Wako, JP;
Akio Yamamoto, Wako, JP;
Yuichiro Tanaka, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; B09B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352625 ; 210600 ; 210601 ; 210757 ; 210758 ; 435243 ; 435244 ; 4352521 ; 4352625 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of controlling the proliferation of an aerobe, in which in the continuous culture of the aerobe by supplying a substrate and oxygen to a culture tank of the aerobe to cause the aerobe to decompose the substrate, the proliferation of the aerobe is inhibited while retaining the substrate-decomposing activity inherent in the aerobe. An oxidation-reduction substance which is reduced by electrons donated by an electron transport system of the aerobe and oxidized by oxygen supplied to the culture tank is caused to coexist with the aerobe in the culture tank.