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AssigneeGiuliani S.P.A.
InventorsGiammaria GIULIANI, Marco GOBBETTI, Raffaella DI CAGNO, Pasquale FILANNINO, Vincenzo CANTATORE, Antonio MASCOLO, Barbara MARZANI
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The present invention relates to a biotechnological process for the production of a fermented pollen comprising the inoculation of pollen with at least one lactic bacterium of the species Lactobacillus kunkeei selected from Lactobacillus kunkeei PF12 (DSM 32843), PF13 (DSM 32845) and/or PL 13 (DSM 32844) and the fermentation of the pollen inoculated with said lactic bacterium. The fermented pollen obtained has nutritional and organoleptic properties similar to bee bread naturally produced inside the honeycomb of the beehive and finds application in the food and nutraceutical field. The invention further encompasses Lactobacillus kunkeei PF12 (DSM 32843), PF13 (DSM 32845) and/or PL 13 (DSM 32844) as such and compositions comprising these strains.
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A microbiological process for the production of bee bread comprising a step a) of inoculation of pollen in grains with a starter lactic bacterium and a step b) of fermentation of the pollen, wherein the inoculated starter lactic bacterium is a lactic bacterium of the species Lactobacillus kunkeei, selected from the strains Lactobacillus kunkeei PF12, PF15 and PF 13 and mixtures thereof.
Strains of Lactobacillus kunkeei selected from Lactobacillus kunkeei PF12 having the accession number DSM 32843, Lactobacillus kunkeei PF15 having the accession number DSM 32845, Lactobacillus kunkeei PF13 having the accession number DSM 32844 and mixtures thereof.
A composition containing a strain of Lactobacillus kunkeei PF12 having the accession number DSM 32843, Lactobacillus kunkeei PF15 having the accession number DSM 32845, Lactobacillus kunkeei PF13 having the accession number DSM 32844 and mixtures thereof.
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