Abstract:
The present invention relates to a strain of Streptococcus thermophilus or a cell fraction thereof for use in the treatment or prevention of Helicobacter pylori infection.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for improving the nutritional value of a food grain. In particular, the invention relates to a novel method for reducing the antinutritional factors in a food grain. One aspect of the invention involves preparing a bacterial preparation containing viable lactic acid bacteria; and soaking the food grain in the bacterial preparation; wherein the lactic acid bacteria have been at least partially removed from the bacterial preparation before soaking. Further aspects of the invention are the bacterial strains Lactobacillus plantarum CNCM I-4635 (NCC 385)and Lactobacillus plantarum CNCM I-4636 (NCC 1582).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to mutants of lactic acid bacteria which are resistant to the antibiotic ampicillin and which were found to give an increased texture when grown in milk while maintaining the other growth properties of the parent strain. The present invention, furthermore, relates to compositions comprising such mutants, and to dairy products fermented with the lactic acid bacteria resistant to ampicillin.
Abstract:
A probiotic organism which is capable of proliferation in iron-rich media, an environment which is generally unfavourable to probiotic organisms, is described.
Abstract:
The present invention generally relates to the field of probiotic micro-organisms, in particular to the field of non-replicating probiotic micro-organisms. Embodiments of the present invention relate to compositions comprising probiotic micro-organisms that were rendered non-replicating by extrusion. Such compositions may be used to treat or prevent disorders that are related to a compromised immune system.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a bacterial cell with texturizing property, starter cultures comprising the cell, and dairy products fermented with the starter culture.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing a fermented milk product with enhanced gel stiffness, wherein a polysaccharide producing Lactobacillus, in particular L. johnsonii, is used as starter.
Abstract:
The invention describes a method for improving flavor production in a fermented food product, a S . thermophilus strain wherein glutamate dehydrogenase is inactivated, as well as a food product comprising such strain. Moreover, the invention describes a method for identifying S . thermophilus strains having improved flavor production, and use thereof for improving flavor production in a fermented food product.