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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:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard M. Wexler, Bristol, CT (US);
Joseph F. Startari, Clearwater, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 3/00 ; C02F 3/32 ; C12N 1/00 ; C12N 1/12 ; C12N 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 3/00 ; C02F 3/32 ; C12N 1/00 ; C12N 1/12 ; C12N 1/20 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for treating a waste stream by contacting the waste stream sequentially with a consortium of prokaryotic microorganisms, preferably purple non-sulfur bacteria, followed by a the green algae Chlorella. The consortium of prokaryotic microorganisms assimilate a first portion of the wastes, and the green algae assimilate the remaining portion of the wastes to produce a substantially purified effluent stream. Isolated microorganisms made by the above method are valuable commercial products.