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Antimicrobial compositions having synergistic combinations of octoxyglycerin and at least one other antimicrobial agent in formulations which are more effective than prior art compositions without causing increased irritation to the skin of the average user. In certain embodiments, skin irritation may be minimized by low concentrations of antimicrobials and / or the presence of soothing compounds such as zinc. Preferred embodiments include combinations of octoxyglycerin, a quaternary compound, and at least one other antimicrobial agent. Without being bound to any particular theory, it is hypothesized that the unexpected antimicrobial effectiveness of combinations of octoxyglycerin may result from an enhancement of the permeability of microbes to antimicrobials caused by octoxyglycerin.

An antimicrobial agent which is a composite composition of matter comprising a metal or metal-containing compound distributed on or in a dendritic polymer, and a method of treating wounds comprising applying to the wounds said antimicrobial agent. In a most preferred embodiment, said antimicrobial agent comprises discrete nanosized silver or silver containing compounds distributed on or in dendritic polymers.

The present invention provides antimicrobial solutions that comprise at least one alcohol, at least one antimicrobial agent and at least one chelator and / or anticoagulant. Also provided are methods for rapidly reducing a microbe or a virus from surfaces including surfaces of indwelling medical devices and organic surfaces such as skin and sutures, and inorganic surfaces such as hospital equipment, pipelines etc.

The invention includes a method of treating gastrointestinal diseases associated with species of genus Clostridium such as clostridium deficit in human patients with gastrointestinal disorders having an etiological component such as a microbial agent producing a toxin where treated with an antimicrobial composition an amount effective to inhibit or eliminate the microbial agent. The antimicrobial composition in a form of probiotic mixture can be administrated alone or in combination with an antimicrobial agent, such as a bacteriophage which is specific for a bacterium producing toxin or antibiotics which are then used to eliminate or inhibit the clostridial species overgrown in a patient's gastrointestinal tract. Disorders that can be treated by the method of the invention include diarrhea or inflammatory bowel diseases such as colitis or Crohn's disease.

The addition of low concentrations of combinations of water-soluble organic salts of zinc to gels, creams, lotions or ointments can increase the ability of these products to reduce or prevent exogenous irritants from causing irritation of the underlying substrate. The addition of low concentrations of combinations of water-soluble organic zinc salts to these gels, creams, lotions or ointments also can reduce the irritation of skin or mucous membranes caused by the addition of potentially-irritating substances such as spermicides, microbicides, fungicides or other therapeutic agents to the gel, cream, lotion or ointment. The advantages of this anti-irritant approach over others, which generally employ high concentrations of single zinc salts, are the reduced potential for zinc toxicity, the reduced potential for toxicity related to zinc itself, and the preservation of the desirable biological properties of potentially-irritating therapeutic substances added to the gel, cream, lotion or ointment.

This invention relates to a method for coating a medical device comprising the steps of applying to at least a portion of the surface of said medical device, an antimicrobial coating layer and a non-pathogenic bacterial coating layer, wherein the antimicrobial and non-pathogenic bacterial coating layers inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacterial and fungal organisms. The non-pathogenic bacterium used in the bacterial coating layer is resistant to the antimicrobial agent. Furthermore, the non-pathogenic bacterium layer includes at least one of the following: viable whole cells, non-viable whole cells, or cellular structures or extracts. The antimicrobial agent and non-pathogenic bacterium are used to develop a kit comprising these compositions in one container or in separate containers. The kit is used to coat a catheter prior to implantation in a mammal.

The present invention comprises methods and compositions for treating solid surfaces having antimicrobial and biocidal properties. Such surfaces are capable of controlling or killing a broad spectrum of biological agents, including viruses, bacteria and other microbial agents in solids, liquids or gases that subsequently contact the treated surface.

Provided are compositions and methods for selectively reducing the amount of antibiotic resistant and / or virulent bacteria in a mixed bacteria population, or for reducing any other type of unwanted bacteria in a mixed bacteria population. The compositions and methods involve targeting bacteria that are differentiated from other members of the population by at least one unique clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) targeted DNA sequence. The compositions and methods can be readily adapted to target any bacteria or any bacteria plasmid, or both.

The present invention discloses compositions and methodologies for the utilization of probiotic organisms in therapeutic compositions. More specifically, the present invention relates to the utilization of one or more species or strains of lactic acid-producing bacteria, preferably strains of Bacillus coagulans, for the control of gastrointestinal tract pathogens, including antibiotic-resistant gastrointestinal tract pathogens, and their associated diseases by both a reduction in the rate of colonization and the severity of the deleterious physiological effects of the colonization of the antibiotic-resistant pathogen. In addition, the present invention relates to the utilization of therapeutic compounds comprised of lactic acid—producing bacteria and anti-microbial agents such as antibiotics, anti-fungal compounds, anti-yeast compounds, or anti-viral compounds. The present invention also discloses methodologies for: (i) the selective breeding and isolation of probiotic, lactic acid-producing bacterial strains which possess resistance or markedly decreased sensitivity to anti-microbial agents (e.g., antibiotics, anti-fungal agents, anti-yeast agents, and anti-viral agents); and (ii) treating or preventing bacteria-mediated infections of the gastrointestinal tract by use of the aforementioned probiotic bacterial strains with or without the concomitant administration of antibiotics. While the primary focus is on the treatment of gastrointestinal tract infections, the therapeutic compositions of the present invention may also be administered to buccal, vaginal, optic, and like physiological locations.

An antimicrobial composition that involves a synergistic mixture in terms of active agents, of a primary antimicrobial agent, such as polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB), a secondary antimicrobial agent, and optionally an organic acid against various kinds of microbes is described. Various additional processing aids, such as alcohols and surfactants, may also be incorporated within the mixture. The composition allows one to use a significantly less concentration of individual constituent antimicrobial agents to achieve the same or a better degree of antimicrobial efficacy. The antimicrobial composition can be applied to the surface of almost any kind of substrate material, and can achieve a killing-efficacy of about 3 Log10 reduction in microbes within 30 minutes under ambient conditions.

The invention relates to a compound microbial fertilizer and a method for producing the compound microbial fertilizer. The compound microbial fertilizer comprises the following components by weight: 5-15 parts of inorganic fertilizer, 20-45 parts of organic fertilizer, 4-10 parts of medium trace elements, 10-25 parts of chelating agent and 1-8 parts of microbial agent. The compound microbial fertilizer is rich in organic matters, efficient chelating agent and functional micro-organisms and can improve the physical and chemical properties of soil, increase the utilization rate of the medium trace elements, keep the soil nutrient balance, restrain the occurrence of soil-borne diseases and enhance the crop yield and quality.

The present invention provides compositions comprising a poorly water soluble pharmaceutical agent, a carrier protein, and an antimicrobial agent, wherein significant microbial growth is inhibited in the composition. The amount of the antimicrobial agent in the composition may be below the level that induces a toxicological effect or at a level where a potential side effect can be controlled or tolerated. Also provided are compositions comprising a poorly water soluble pharmaceutical agent, a carrier protein, a sugar, and optionally an antimicrobial agent. Methods of using the compositions are also provided.

The present invention provides a pharmaceutical formulation having thermoreversible properties, comprising: a) an anti-microbial agent; b) a poloxamer mixture containing at least two poloxamer polymers; and c) a hydroxy fatty acid ester of polyethylene glycol, wherein the formulation is a solid at room temperature and is a liquid-gel at body temperature. The thermoreversible pharmaceutical formulation has a viscosity of about 8,500 cP to about 400,000 cP at room temperature, and a viscosity of about 1,000 cP to about 8,000 cP at body temperature and exhibits a hysteresis loop behavior. The present invention further provides a process of preparing as well as a method of treating a microbial infection in a mammal using the same.

The invention discloses a method for managing town black and olid river pollution in situ by utilizing biological repair technology, which takes the steps and measures of aerating and oxygenizing in riverway, adding a complex microbial agent, biologically repairing bottom sediment, arranging a bio-nest system and the like, so as to control and eliminate the exogenous and endogenous pollution of the river, purify the water quality of the river, improve the self-purification ability of the water body and achieve the purpose of eliminating black and olid. The method does not need to build structures in the riverway or lead the river water out of the riverway to be treated, or dredge the bottom sediment in the river, therefore the method is generally applicable to incomplete sewage interception and dredging or the rivers which can not be intercepted sewage or dredged temporarily, and the in situ treatment to the riverway which is affected by tide and has complicated fluid variation. Therefore, the method which can lead the water body to recover normal ecological function provides the practical, economic and convenient treatment method for various town black and olid rivers.

A disposable anti-microbial paper towel and dispensing method includes disposing paper towel in an automatic touchless dispenser which is adapted to generate a touchless proximity signal upon nearness of a consumer, and dispensing the paper towel in response to the proximity signal. A typical invention towel has: (i) a cellulosic web characterized in that the web is substantially without crepe bars and has an unlotioned MD bending length of at least 3.5 cm; and (ii) a transferable lotion composition comprising an emollient and anti-microbial agent, the lotion composition being immobilized on the cellulosic web in a semi-solid or solid form. The transferable lotion composition is selected from lotion compositions which are transferable upon contact with water or lotion compositions which are transferable upon application of body heat.

The present invention provides compositions comprising a poorly water soluble pharmaceutical agent, a carrier protein, and an antimicrobial agent, wherein significant microbial growth is inhibited in the composition. The amount of the antimicrobial agent in the composition may be below the level that induces a toxicological effect or at a level where a potential side effect can be controlled or tolerated. Also provided are compositions comprising a poorly water soluble pharmaceutical agent, a carrier protein, a sugar, and optionally an antimicrobial agent. Methods of using the compositions are also provided.

The invention discloses a soil heavy mental repairing agent and a preparation method and an application thereof. The soil heavy mental repairing agent is composed of an organic material, a mineral raw material, a carbon material, an inorganic fertilizer and a microbial agent, wherein the viable count of the microbial agent is 1*10<7>-1*10<10>, the content of N, P2O5 and K2O is 8%-15% of the content of total nutrient, the content of the organic material is 20%-40% and pH is 5.5-8.5. The invention also provides an application method of the soil heavy mental repairing agent. The dosage is 80-150kg / mu; the effective heavy metal content of the soil can be effectively reduced; the heavy metal absorption of the crop can be obviously restrained; the crop yield and quality can be improved; the yield and income can be increased; the soil heavy mental repairing agent has significance in promoting social stability, economic growth and environmental diplomacy and guaranteeing ecological safety, food safety and human health.

An anti-microbial and / or anti-fungal synthetic fiber that comprises various thermoplastic polymers and additives in a bi-component form in either a core-sheath or side-by-side configurations. The anti-microbial synthetic fibers comprise inorganic anti-microbial additives, distributed in certain areas to reduce the amount of the anti-microbial agents being used, and therefore the cost of such fibers. The fibers can incorporate anti-microbial additives so that they are not removed by repeating washing in boiling water and in dry clean cycles and become ineffective and conversely enhance access to the additives by washing or the like. The fibers comprise high tenacity polymers (e.g. PET) in one portion and hydrolysis resistance polymers (e.g. PCT) in another portion with the additives. The fibers can further be blended with non-anti-microbial fibers such as cotton, wool, polyester, acrylic, nylon etc. to provide anti-microbial finished fabrics. In one such embodiment, binder fibers are used which are mixed with other fibers.

Antimicrobial compositions having synergistic combinations of octoxyglycerin and at least one other antimicrobial agent in formulations which are more effective than prior art compositions without causing increased irritation to the skin of the average user. In certain embodiments, skin irritation may be minimized by low concentrations of antimicrobials and / or the presence of soothing compounds such as zinc. Preferred embodiments include combinations of octoxyglycerin, a quaternary compound, and at least one other antimicrobial agent. Without being bound to any particular theory, it is hypothesized that the unexpected antimicrobial effectiveness of combinations of octoxyglycerin may result from an enhancement of the permeability of microbes to antimicrobials caused by octoxyglycerin.

The invention discloses a method for treatment and in-situ ecological restoration of a black and stink riverway by using microorganism. The invention is characterized in that target strains with pertinence are selected from sewage and then matched and combined with the existing strains to form compound microbial agents; and the sewage in the riverway is treated by using the matched compound microbial agents. In the invention, according to the specific pollution conditions of the riverway, the selected strains which are grown in the sewage are used to treat the sewage in the riverway, and the strains are matched and combined with the existing strains aiming at the pollution conditions of the water body in the riverway, so that the strains can exert synergistic effects in a microorganism sewage treatment system, thereby rapidly forming superior floras so as to decompose, absorb and transfer pollutants in the riverway and then achieving the optimum treatment efficiency. In the invention, the microorganism is firstly used to treat the water body, and then the water body is treated through the self-cleaning capability of the water body, thereby reaching the purpose of curing the exterior and the inherence and not generating secondary pollution. The method has the characteristics of safety, high efficiency, low cost, small investment and the like, and is simple to operate.

A topical composition for treating a cutaneous wound includes whole colostrum or one or more growth factors, as well as a base by which the whole colostrum or one or more growth factors are carried. The topical composition may also include, without limitation, immunomodulators, lactoferrin, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, or combinations thereof. Other components may also be included in the topical composition, including, but not limited to, antiseptics, antimicrobial agents, and anesthetics. When applied to a wound, the bioactive topical composition promotes healing of the treated wound.

The present invention provides a method for the remediation of harmful organics and / or heavy metal contaminated matrix in order to remediate harmful organics and / or heavy metal contaminated soil, sediment and / or sludge. The method involves the processes of biostimulation, bioaugmentation, rhizoremediation, phytoremediation and a passive biopile. The method comprises steps of: a) designing a microbial agent comprising pollutant degrading bacteria, plant promoting bacteria and / or biosurfactant producing bacteria; b) preprocessing the matrix; c) constructing a passive biopile; and d) capping the biopile with plants for phytoremediation. The method achieves internationally-dominant green and persistent remediation while achieving bioremediation / phytoremediation degrading the organics and removing heavy metal.

The invention relates to a kitchen waste recycling automatic treating all-in-one machine and a treatment process thereof. The all-in-one machine comprises a crushing device, a squeezing device, an oil-water separating device and a biological treating device, wherein the crushing device is used for crushing kitchen waste into residue bodies with the food particle size of 0.1 to 0.3 millimeters; liquid in solid residues squeezed by the squeezing device accounts for 7 to 15 percent of the total weight of solid residues; the solid residues enter the biological treating device for treatment finally, and a microbial agent is put into a fermentation tank in the biological treating device, heated and subjected to batch-type stirring; the microbial agent consists of actinomycetes, lactobacillus, saccharomycetes and photosynthetic bacteria and are fed in a mass ratio of 3:5:7:4; 0.01 to 2 mass parts of the microbial agent are added into 100 mass parts of solid residues; and the fermentation time of the microbial agent is 3 to 15 hours. The integrated equipment is small in size, compost time can be shortened greatly, and the treatment efficiency is improved.

The invention discloses a microbial agent for treating ammonia-containing waste water and a preparation method thereof. The microbial agent for treating ammonia-containing waste water mainly comprises three bacterial strains of nitrobacter sp, nitrosobacteria nitrosomonas sp., denitrobacter sp., and the contents of the three bacterial strains can be regulated or proportioned according to specificcultivation conditions and product requirements through methods of oriented domestication, and the like. The cultivation method comprises the following steps of: enriching a bacterial source, purifying and amplifying stage by stage for cultivating. The microbial agent can be used for oriented domestication according to a waste water treatment result so as to improve the content of a target bacterial strain. The cultivation method has the advantages of high cultivation efficiency, large production capacity, and the like and is suitable for commercially producing complex microorganisms for treating the ammonia-containing waste water in a large scale. The obtained microbial agent can effectively treat low-COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) and high-ammonia-nitrogen waste water, such as waste water of catalyst production, and the like.

Traditionally, the primary method for impacting insect pest populations is the application of broad-spectrum chemical insecticides. However, there is increasing concern about the environmental hazards associated with the production and use of synthetic chemical pesticides. Thus, there is substantial interest in developing alternative pesticides, including biological control of insect pests of agricultural significance using a microbial agent or another species of insect. The present invention provides compositions and methods for such biological control. Modified Cry3 pesticidal polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, and methods of use are disclosed. The modified polynucleotides provided herein can be used to transform organisms and cells of hosts comprising plant, insects, and microorganisms. The expression of modified polypeptides can provide the host with improved insecticidal activity against one or more insect pathogens.

Polymeric anti-microbial agents produced by substituting the nitrogen atoms in the backbone of ethylenimine polymers are provided. The agents are believed to have low human toxicity while being effective against a variety of pathogens and are useful in applications involving human contact, such as cosmetics, hair care products and textiles, as well as in applications with much less human contact, such as coatings.

The invention relates to a compound microbial agent for degrading antibiotic and pesticide residues as well as preparation and application thereof, and belongs to the field of biotechnology and environmental protection. Multi-thallus compound microbial powder is prepared from the compound microbial agent according to the weight percentage of living microbes to the total amount of compound microbial powder as follows: 10%-15% of bacillus subtilis, 10%-15% of aspergillus niger, 10%-15% of bacillus mucilaginosus, 10%-15% of enterococcus faecalis, 8%-12% of bacillus licheniformis, 8%-12% of bacillus megaterium, 8%-12% of pseudomonas fluorescens, 5%-8% of lactobacillus plantarum, 5%-8% of bacillus polymyxin and 6%-8% of streptococcus thermophiles. The compound microbial agent has the effects of degrading antibiotic and pesticide residues, fermenting and composting organic matter, acting as functional fertilizer and repairing the environment, and can solve the problems of secondary pollution caused by antibiotic residues in culture feces and resource utilization of organic waste and realizes biodegradation of the antibiotic and pesticide residues in soil when applied to the agricultural ecological environment, thereby being of great value and practical significance in restoration of agricultural ecological environment and protection of human health.

An antimicrobial composition that contains an antimicrobial agent and a sugar alcohol is provided. The sugar alcohol is more generally more biocompatible and biodegradable than the antimicrobial agent. In addition, without intending to be limited by theory, it is believed that sugar alcohols increase the attraction of the antimicrobial agent to microorganisms (e.g., the cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria). Because a greater percentage of the antimicrobial agent molecules are brought into contact with the microorganisms, the efficiency of growth inhibition is increased. Thus, the antimicrobial composition provides good efficacy without the need for high levels of an antimicrobial agent.

The invention discloses a salt-tolerant microbial agent and a preparation method thereof. The microbial agent contains staphylococcus cohnii FSND-C, arthrobacter creatinolyticus FDN-1, flavobacterium mizutaii FDN-2, paracoccus denitrificans DN-3 and methylobacterium phyllosphaerae SDN-3. The microbial agent can achieve removal of ammonia nitrogen, total nitrogen and CODcr in the same reactor, has a good wastewater treatment effect, and can achieve short-cut nitrification and denitrification or simultaneous nitrification and denitrification while removing COD. Staphylococcus cohnii FSND-C can utilize various carbon sources, has certain salt tolerance, can be applied to the high-salinity wastewater treatment process, simultaneously can secrete a substance under environmental stimulus to enhance the flocculability of sludge, and further widens the application range of the microbial agent.

This invention relates to antimicrobial wound dressings having a non-leaching antimicrobial activity, releasable antimicrobial and antiprotease agents, and a controlled-release bioactive agent such as doxycycline. The Wound dressing material is absorbent and acts as a substrate for antimicrobial and antiprotease agents as well as bioactive agents. More generally, this invention relates to methods and compositions for materials having a non-leaching coating that has antimicrobial properties. The coating is applied to substrates such as gauze-type wound dressings, powders and other substrates. Covalent, non-leaching, non-hydrolyzable bonds are formed between the substrate and the polymer molecules that form the coating. A high concentration of anti-microbial groups on multi-length polymeric molecules and relatively long average chain lengths, contribute to an absorbent or superabsorbent surface with a high level antimicrobial efficacy. Utilization of non-leaching coatings having a plurality of anionic or cationic sites is used according to this invention to bind a plurality of oppositely charged biologically or chemically active compounds, and to release the bound oppositely charged biologically or chemically active compounds from said substrate over a period of time to achieve desired objectives as diverse as improved wound healing to reduction in body odor.