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| Inventor (s) | Kai-Keung
MARK, (retired), Department of Biology, CUHK |
| Patent Status | US Patent issued on
March 11, 1997 US Patent No. 5,610,064 |
| Abstract | Bacteria capable of reducing the concentration of sulphur black dye in a substrate when contacted with the substrate are provided. The subject bacteria may be either aerobic or anaerobic and reduce the concentration of sulphur black dye in the substrate through either bioadsorption or biodegradation of sulphur black dye. |