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Claims for Patent: 7,432,091


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Summary for Patent: 7,432,091
Title:Highly efficient hydrogen production method using microorganism
Abstract:It is intended to obtain anaerobic microbial cells in an amount sufficient for hydrogen generation reaction, impart a hydrogen generation function to an aerobic microorganism within a short time and provide an industrial advantageous method of producing hydrogen.The above object can be established by providing a highly efficient microbial hydrogen production method characterized by comprising culturing a microorganism having a formate dehydrogenase gene and a hydrogenase gene under aerobic conditions, culturing the resulting microbial cells under anaerobic conditions in a liquid culture medium containing a formic acid compound, and then using the thus obtained cells for hydrogen generation.
Inventor(s):Hideaki Yukawa, Noriyuki Yamamoto
Assignee: Sharp Corp , Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth RITE
Application Number:US10/546,210

Details for Patent 7,432,091

Applicant Tradename Biologic Ingredient Dosage Form BLA Approval Date Patent No. Expiredate
Bavarian Nordic A/s VAXCHORA cholera vaccine live oral Suspension 125597 June 10, 2016 7,432,091 2024-02-23
Bavarian Nordic A/s VAXCHORA cholera vaccine live oral Suspension 125597 December 23, 2020 7,432,091 2024-02-23
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