Available Technologies
Technology Summary
15-2006-501 | Method and Composition for Enhancing the Biodegradation of Biodegradable Organic Wastes
Barenholz Yechezkel, HUJI, Faculty of Medicine, Biochemistry
Gatt Shimon, HUJI, Faculty of Medicine, Cellular biochemistry and human genetics
Bercovier Herve (Hillel), HUJI, Faculty of Medicine, Molecular biology

 

United States Patent 5,510,112
Gatt ,   et al. April 23, 1996

Composition for enhancing the biodegradation of biodegradable organic wastes

Abstract

The invention provides a composition for enhancing the biodegradation of biodegradable organic wastes comprising a combination of organic-waste consuming microorganisms and liposomes wherein the liposomes supply essential nutrients for bacterial growth while concomitantly increasing the polarity and wettability of the waste, thereby increasing their availability for enhanced bacterial interaction therewith and methods for the use thereof.

Inventors: Gatt; Shimon (Jerusalem, IL), Barenholz; Yechezkel (Jerusalem, IL), Bercovier; Herve (Jerusalem, IL)
Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, IL)
Appl. No.: 08/310,522
Filed: September 22, 1994
Patent Status

Granted US 5,510,112; US 5,542,987

Contact for more information:
Michal Levy
VP Head of Bus. Dev. Agri-Tech, Vet. & Environment
+972-2-6586635
All projects by:
Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hi-Tech Park, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat-Ram, Jerusalem
P.O. Box 39135, Jerusalem 91390 Israel
Telephone: 972-2-658-6688, Fax: 972-2-658-6689
Back
Share |