MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517019358 A) filed by Kureha Corporation; and National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology, Tokyo, on March 4, for 'novel microorganism, novel microorganism culture or extract, and ergothioneine production method.'

Inventor(s) include Koshiyama, Tatsuyuki; Higashiyama, Yukihiro; Sato, Shun; Morita, Tomotake; Saika, Azusa; Wada, Keisuke; and Ushimaru, Kazunori.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The microorganism of the present disclosure is a microorganism belonging to Dirkmeia churashimaensis (accession number:...