US 7,547,537 B2
	Urethane-bond-degrading bacteria
Toshiaki Kambe, Tsukuba (Japan); and Yukie Shigeno, Tsukuba (Japan)
Assigned to Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi-shi (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/538,014 PCT Filed Mar. 03, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/002691 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 07, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/078952, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-055421 (JP), filed on Mar. 03, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0099285 A1, May 03, 2007
Int. Cl. C12N 1/20 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 435—252.1  [435/252.32]

2 Claims

1. A biologically pure culture of a microorganism belonging to the genus Rhodococcus and having the ability to degrade urethane bonds, or a mutant strain thereof, which has the ability to degrade urethane bonds, wherein the microorganism is Rhodococcus equi strain Accession No. DSM 16175.