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Process for producing menaquinone-4

CA 1338471 C · Owner: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Takayama, Kenichiro; Shirasuna, Shizuko; Tomohiro, Susumu

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A process for producing menaquinone-4 which comprises cultivating a microorganism belonging to the genus Corynebacterium, Brevibacterium, Microbacterium Curtobacterium, Aureobacterium, Arthrobacter or a, microorganism belonging to the species Flavobacterium marinotypicum, Flavobacterium flavescens or Flavobacterium dehydrogenans and being capable of producing menaquinone-4 in a nutrient medium accumulating menaquinone-4 in the culture broth and, recovering menaquinone-4 therefrom.

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  • Granted July 23, 1996. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 23, 2013.
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FiledMay 15, 1986
GrantedJuly 23, 1996
Term endedJuly 23, 2013
Patent numberCA 1338471 C
Classification (IPC)C12P7/66

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198719901993199619992002200520082011Application filedMay 15, 1986Patent grantedJuly 23, 1996Term endedJuly 23, 2013

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