ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,268, issued on May 27, was assigned to TONGJI UNIVERSITY (Shanghai).
"Manganese-oxidizing fungus and uses thereof" was invented by Mei Wang (Shanghai), Zuxin Xu (Shanghai) and Bin Dong (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fungus having manganese oxidation capacity is provided. The fungus can oxidize Mn2+ in a water body into a water-insoluble manganese oxide; and the Mn2+ oxidizing fungus is Cladosporium sp. XM01 strain with the accession number of CGMCC NO. 21083. The Cladosporium sp. XM01 strain is used to oxidize Mn2+ in a natural water body, and has stable operation within a range of room temperature (15-30deg C.) and a ran...