Document Number: 20090328258
Abstract:
This present invention provides methods of enhancing the growth of a microorganism or plant by increasing its melanin content and exposing it to radiation, and methods of using melanized microorganisms to contain or exclude radiation.
Application Number: 12225990
Primary Class: 800298
Sub-Classes: 4352625, 4352521, 4352541, 4351738, 544 32
Inventors: Ekaterina Dadachova, Mahopac, NY, US; Ruth Bryan, New Rochelle, NY, US; Arturo Casadevall, New Rochelle, NY, US
Attorney, Agent or Firm: AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP, 90 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY, 10016, US
PCT: WO PCT/US07/08292, 2007-04-02
Filing Date: 2007-04-02
Publication Date: 2009-12-31
PDF: 20090328258
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