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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Rita Kumar, New Delhi, IN;
Anil Kumar, New Delhi, IN;
Inventors:
Rita Kumar, New Delhi, IN;
Anil Kumar, New Delhi, IN;
Assignee:
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi, IN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C12P 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/104 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a novel process of lignin degradation using a consortium of bacteria. To date, biodegradation of lignin has been centered to fungi only. Degradation of lignin by bacteria confer a new understanding that may be of tremendous industrial significance. This invention also discloses the isolation and acclimatization of ligninolytic bacteria from a specific site.