The disclosure relates to isolated microorganisms—including novel strains of the microorganisms—microbial consortia, and agricultural compositions comprising the same. Furthermore, the disclosure teaches methods of utilizing the described microorganisms, microbial consortia, and agricultural compositions comprising the same, in methods for imparting beneficial properties to target plant species. In particular aspects, the disclosure provides methods of increasing desirable plant traits in agronomically important crop species.

The present invention relates to a novel phase transfer solvent composition for enhanced CO.sub.2 and/or H.sub.2S capture from flue gas and biogas having various gaseous compositions. Further, the present invention provides a process of preparing the phase transfer solvent composition of the present invention.

A genetically-modified bacterium, for example of the class Actinobacteria, and the use of such a bacterium in the bioconversion of a steroidal substrate into a steroidal product of interest. A method of converting a steroidal substrate into a steroidal product of interest, wherein the method comprises: inoculating culture medium with genetically-modified bacteria according to any of Claims 1 to 28 and growing the bacterial culture until a target OD.sub.600 is reached; adding a steroidal substrate to the bacterial culture when the target OD.sub.600 is reached; culturing the bacterial culture so that the steroidal substrate is converted to the steroidal product of interest; and extracting and/or purifying the steroidal product of interest from the bacterial culture.

The present invention relates to the field of sustainable agriculture. Specifically, the invention provides microbial compositions and methods useful for the production of crop plants. In particular, the compositions and methods disclosed herein are useful for enhancing plant growth.

The present invention provides a consortium of resistant microorganisms for biodegrading carbohydrates in the organic fraction of any source of solid waste. The genetic, metabolic and morphological structure of these resistant microorganisms works efficiently by biodegrading and mineralising solid biodegradable waste from municipal or harvest solid waste, reducing the production of gases and leachates. This compound enriches and increases the concentration of beneficial microorganisms, generating high-quality biological fertilisers suitable for use in agricultural production, in land recovery and conservation, under the parameters established in sustainable organic farming, which seeks to conserve, recover and use nature or the environment without generating the least negative impact.

The present invention relates to the field of sustainable agriculture. Specifically, the invention provides microbial compositions and methods useful for the production of crop plants. In particular, the compositions and methods disclosed herein are useful for enhancing plant growth.

The disclosure relates to isolated microorganismsincluding novel strains of the microorganisms-microbial consortia, and agricultural compositions comprising the same. Furthermore, the disclosure teaches methods of utilizing the described microorganisms, microbial consortia, and agricultural compositions comprising the same, in methods for imparting beneficial properties to target plant species. In particular aspects, the disclosure provides methods of increasing desirable plant traits in agronomically important crop species.

A polynucleotide having promoter activity of a malate dehydrogenase gene (mdh gene), a transcription expression cassette, recombinant expression vector and recombinant host cell containing the polynucleotide having the promoter activity, a method for constructing a promoter mutant, a method for regulating the transcription of a target gene, a method for preparing a protein, and method for producing a target compound. The polynucleotide having the promoter activity is a mutant of an mdh gene promoter, and compared with a promoter of a wild-type mdh gene, the promoter activity of the mutant is significantly improved. After operably linking the mutant to a target gene, the expression efficiency of the target gene can be significantly improved, thereby effectively improving the yield and transformation rate of a target compound.

An Arthrobacter gandavensis strain having an activity against Clostridium perfringens selected from the strains AP1 filed with DSMZ on Feb. 19, 2014 under the number DSM 28444, AP2 filed with DSMZ on Feb. 19, 2014 under the number DSM 28445, AP3 filed with DSMZ on Feb. 19, 2014 under the number DSM 28446 or AP4 filed with DSMZ on Feb. 19, 2014 under the number DSM 28447.

The application provides an enzyme immobilization carrier and a preparation method thereof, an immobilized enzyme and a preparation method thereof. The above enzyme immobilization carrier is obtained by an amino modification or a cyanuric chloride modification of super-crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol. The use of the enzyme immobilization carrier provided by the application may effectively improve the stability and reusability of the immobilized enzyme. Moreover, due to the use of the form of enzyme covalent linkage, compared with an embedding method, the preparation method is no need for chemical reagent immersion and the like, it is beneficial to maintain the own activity of the enzyme, and promote the immobilized enzyme to have the better activity while the stability and reusability are kept.