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US 11,981,890 B2Granted
Method for preparing cultures of lactic acid bacteria
AssigneeChr. Hansen A/S
InventorsNeda Faraghiparapari, Marie Penderup Jensen, Jakub Kovacs, Anisha Goel
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Abstract
Microbial starter cultures. More specifically, a method for preparing a microbial culture such as a lactic acid bacteria (LAB) starter culture wherein at least one microbial strain such as a lactic acid bacteria and at least one inactivated yeast strain is inoculated in a culture medium.
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A method for obtaining a vegetarian-compliant microbial culture, comprising:
- (i) culturing a microbial strain in a culture medium under aeration to obtain a fermentate, and
- (ii) harvesting the microbial strain from the fermentate to obtain the microbial culture,
- wherein the culture medium comprises an inactivated yeast strain, wherein the inactivated yeast strain is one or more selected from Torulaspora delbrueckii deposited at Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen and Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ) under Accession No. DSM 33529, Saccharomyces cerevisiae deposited at DSMZ under Accession No. DSM 33527, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae deposited at DSMZ under Accession No. DSM 33528, and
- wherein the culture medium does not comprise a non-vegetarian heme source.
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