Lactic acid bacteria composition for preparing fermented products
AssigneeChr. Hansen A/S
InventorsJesper BROEND, Sonja BLOCH, Kim Ib SOERENSEN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition comprising one or more novel Streptococcus thermophilus strain(s), and the use of said composition for producing a fermented product such as a dairy product with e.g. an increased sweetness. The invention also relates to novel Streptococcus thermophilus strain(s) as such.
Claims15
A composition comprising a Streptococcus thermophilus strain having a mutation that leads to one or more changes in an encoded protein selected from:
- (a) a PTS Mannose/glucose/fructose subunit IIC at a position corresponding to position 57 in SEQ ID NO 2;
- (b) a galactokinase at a position corresponding to position 47 in SEQ ID NO 4;
- (c) a phosphoglucomutase at a position corresponding to position 242 in SEQ ID NO 6 or SEQ ID NO 14;
- (d) a phosphoglucomutase at a position corresponding to position 164 in SEQ ID NO 8;
- a galactose operon repressor at a position corresponding to position 28 in SEQ ID NO 10;
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- a glucose kinase at a position corresponding to position 268 in SEQ ID NO 12.
The composition according to claim 2, wherein the one or more changes in the encoded protein are respectively selected from:
- (a) a substitution of Pro to Leu at a position corresponding to position 57 in SEQ ID NO 2;
- (b) a substitution of Ile to Val at a position corresponding to position 47 in SEQ ID NO 4;
- (c) a substitution of Glu to Asp at a position corresponding to position 242 in SEQ ID NO 6 or SEQ ID NO 14;
- (d) a substitution of Pro to Ser at a position corresponding to position 164 in SEQ ID NO 8;
- (e) a substitution of Leu to Phe at a position corresponding to position 28 in SEQ ID NO 10;
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- (f) a substitution of Gly to Cys at a position corresponding to position 268 in SEQ ID NO 12.
A composition or kit-of-parts comprising:
- (a) a Streptococcus thermophilus strain selected from strain DSM 33720 and mutants and variants thereof, strain DSM 33719 and mutants and variants thereof, strain DSM 33762 and mutants and variants thereof, and any combination thereof;
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- (b) a strain belonging to genus Lactobacillus.
A method of producing a fermented product, comprising fermenting a substrate with the Streptococcus thermophilus strain of claim 12.
A fermented product comprising one or more Streptococcus thermophilus strains of claim 12.
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A Streptococcus thermophilus strain having one or more mutations that leads to a change one or more changes in an encoded protein selected from:
- (a) a PTS Mannose/glucose/fructose subunit IIC at a position corresponding to position 57 in SEQ ID NO 2;
- (b) a galactokinase at a position corresponding to position 47 in SEQ ID NO 4;
- (c) a phosphoglucomutase at a position corresponding to position 242 in SEQ ID NO 6 or SEQ ID NO 14;
- (d) a phosphoglucomutase at a position corresponding to position 164 in SEQ ID NO 8;
- 10:
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- (e) a galactose operon repressor at a position corresponding to position 28 in SEQ ID NO
- (f) a glucose kinase at a position corresponding to position 268 in SEQ ID NO 12.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.