β-glucan-containing fat and oil composition and novel microorganism capable of producing β-glucan
AssigneeAdeka Corporation
InventorsKazufumi Tsubaki, Hiromu Sugiyama, Yoshikazu Shoji
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Abstract
A β-glucan-containing fat and oil composition contains β-glucan of microorganism origin or basidiomycete origin. The β-glucan-containing fat and oil composition has β-glucan uniformly dispersed in a food without worsening the texture, taste etc. of the food. The novel microorganism can efficiently produce β-glucan which has a high activity and favorable qualities as β-glucan of microorganism origin as described above from less expensive saccharides such as sucrose at a high production speed.
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A biologically pure strain of Aureobasidium pullulans isolated from a food source, the strain having a gene selected from an 18S rRNA gene containing SEQ ID No.1 and an ITS-5.8S rRNA gene containing SEQ ID No. 2, wherein the strain is capable of producing and secreting β-glucan, and wherein the strain is Aureobasidium pullulans ADK-34 (FERM BP-8391).
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