Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Process of utilizing an enzyme or micro-organism to destroy... – Destruction of hazardous or toxic waste
Patent
1997-09-02
1998-11-10
Elliott, George C.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Process of utilizing an enzyme or micro-organism to destroy...
Destruction of hazardous or toxic waste
4352521, 4352523, C12N 120, C12N 121
Patent
active
058343008
ABSTRACT:
Environmental formaldehyde can be detected and remediated in a biological system that incorporates a bacterial cell containing suitable genetic sequences encoding a formaldehyde-inducible regulatory system. The system includes a transcriptional promoter that can be specifically induced in the presence of formaldehyde to transcribe an operably linked gene.
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Barber Robert D.
Donohue Timothy J.
Witthuhn Vern
Elliott George C.
Schwartzman Robert
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
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