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AssigneeResilux
InventorsJohan Mertens, Lynda Beladjal, Frank Devlieghere, Sam Verbrugghe, Benedikt Sas, Filip Du Prez, Tom Anthierens, Assia Ouchchen
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The present application relates to methods for producing materials having viable micro-organisms incorporated therein. More particularly, the materials are produced under high temperature and/or high pressure conditions, and the micro-organisms are incorporated in the material before or during these conditions. Also provided are micro-organisms that remain viable under these conditions and have different applications, depending on the nature of the material.
An apparatus comprising a beverage bottle or food container made of a material comprising a polymer and a micro-organism powder comprising living or viable spores of a micro-organism incorporated into said polymer and prepared by a process comprising mixing a polymer matrix comprising said polymer and said micro-organism powder at a pressure ranging from 1.5 to 50 bar or at temperatures ranging from 100° C. to 220° C. at a pressure ranging from 1.5 to 50 bar, wherein said micro-organism is a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain deposited under No. 1D9698 at the Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms (BCCM), or a Bacillus strain with a gyrA sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:1, and which is capable of withstanding a pressure ranging from 1.5 to 50 bar or at temperatures ranging from 100° C. to 220° C. at a pressure ranging from 1.5 to 50 bar, and wherein said polymer comprises at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylates, methacrylates, acrylamides, methacrylamides, alcohols, amines, anhydrides, epoxides, styrenes, functionalized vinyls, functionalized allyls, propenes, butadienes, ethylenes, isocyanates, lactams, lactones, saccharides, glucose and esters.
An apparatus comprising a beverage bottle or a food container made of a polymer and a micro-organism powder comprising living or viable spores of a micro-organism incorporated into said polymer and prepared by a process comprising mixing a polymer matrix comprising said polymer and said micro-organism powder at a pressure ranging from 1.5 to 50 bar or at temperatures ranging from 100° C. to 220° C. at a pressure ranging from 1.5 to 50 bar, wherein said micro-organism is a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain deposited under No. ID9698 at the Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms (BCCM), or a Bacillus strain with a gyrA sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:1, and which is capable of withstanding a pressure ranging from 1.5 to 50 bar or at temperatures ranging from 100° C. to 220° C. at a pressure ranging from 1.5 to 50 bar.
An apparatus comprising a food and beverage bottle or container made of material comprising a polymer and a micro-organism powder comprising living or viable spores of a micro-organism incorporated into said polymer in a polymer matrix having a polarity ranging from 17-21 (MPa)1/2 and having minimal water absorption value ranging from of at least 0.01 to 0.2, wherein said apparatus is prepared by a process comprising mixing said polymer matrix and said micro-organism at pressure ranging from 1.5 to 50 bar or at temperatures ranging from 100° C. to 220° C. at a pressure ranging from 1.5 to 50 bar, wherein said micro-organism is a Bacillus strain with a gyrA sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:1, and wherein said polymer comprises at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylates, methacrylates, acrylamides, methacrylamides, alcohols, amines, anhydrides, epoxides, styrenes, functionalized vinyls, functionalized allyls, propenes, butadienes, ethylenes, isocyanates, lactams, lactones, saccharides, glucose and esters.
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