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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1999
Naoki Mita, Tsukubi-shi, Ibaraki, 305-0044, JP;
Yoshishige Kato, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, 305-0041, JP;
Akihiko Maruyama, Tsukuba, JP;
Takanori Higashihara, Tsukuba, JP;
Yutaka Kanai, Ushiku-shi, Ibaraki, 305-1200, JP;
Akira Usui, Tsukuba, JP;
Hiroyuki Miura, Sapporo, JP;
Takashi Ito, Mito, JP;
Hidetoshi Tashiro, Musashino, JP;
Other;
Abstract
This invention relates to a novel microorganism capable of oxidizing manganese such as the genus Cedecea bacterium GSJ/MITA24A/ASHO-RO/1, the genus Aeromonas bacterium GSJ/MITA24B/ASHO-RO/2, or the genus Shewanella bacterium GSJ/MITA24C/ASHO-RO/3; to a method for removing manganese from water containing manganese, which comprises contacting the water containing manganese with a microbial symbiont of algae and one or more microorganisms capable of oxidizing manganese to oxidize and precipitate the manganese, thereby removing the manganese from the water; and to a method of recycling the recovered manganese.