Global Patent Index - EP 1012253 A4

EP 1012253 A4 20020925 - REACTION SITES FOR MICROORGANISMS USED TO BIODEGRADE CONTAMINANTS AND METHODS OF USE

Title (en)

REACTION SITES FOR MICROORGANISMS USED TO BIODEGRADE CONTAMINANTS AND METHODS OF USE

Title (de)

REAKTIONSSTELLEN FÜR MIKROORGANISMEN, VERWENDBAR ZUR BIODEGRADATION VON KONTAMINANTEN SOWIE VERWENDUNGSVERFAHREN

Title (fr)

SITE DE REACTION DESTINE A DES MICROORGANISMES UTILISES POUR BIODEGRADER DES CONTAMINANTS, PROCEDE D'UTILISATION ASSOCIE

Publication

EP 1012253 A4 20020925 (EN)

Application

EP 98922229 A 19980512

Priority

  • US 9809684 W 19980512
  • US 4688797 P 19970513
  • US 8049098 P 19980402

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9851786A1] The present invention relates to a novel reaction site with selected microorganisms capable of biodegrading organic or inorganic contaminants. Contaminants are present in soils (solids), liquids or gases, wherein said contaminants include Federal Priority Pollutants, highly volatile organic compounds (VOCs), recalcitrant organic contaminants or inorganic contaminants such as ammonia or sulfides. The invention particularly relates to biodegradation of organic contaminants by microorganisms from the groups fungus, Nocardioforms/Actinomycetes and Pseudomonadacae, either alone or in combination, which biodegrade the contamination in either the solid/soil, gas/vapor or liquid/water phases; and the transformation of inorganic contaminants, such as ammonia by Nitrosomonas spp. and Nitrobacter spp. to nitrate with optional denitrification, and hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur by Beggiatoa spp. and/or Thiosphera pantotropha. Porous media and cord media are used to construct the reaction sites.

IPC 1-7

C02F 3/34; C02F 3/10

IPC 8 full level

C02F 3/10 (2006.01); C02F 3/34 (2006.01); C12N 11/00 (2006.01); C12N 11/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

C02F 3/10 (2013.01 - EP); C02F 3/34 (2013.01 - EP); C12N 11/00 (2013.01 - EP); C12N 11/082 (2020.01 - EP US); Y02W 10/10 (2015.05 - EP)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9851786 A1 19981119; AU 7482798 A 19981208; EP 1012253 A1 20000628; EP 1012253 A4 20020925

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9809684 W 19980512; AU 7482798 A 19980512; EP 98922229 A 19980512