LACTIC ACID BACTERIA HAVING IMPROVED SUGAR METABOLISM

    公开(公告)号:WO2021219777A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:PCT/EP2021/061244

    申请日:2021-04-29

    IPC分类号: C12R1/46 C07K14/315 C12N15/00

    摘要: The invention relates to a method for generating a Streptococcus thermophilus strain exhibiting a "high galactose utilization" profile, which is characterized by a high percentage of consumed galactose at the maximum speed of lactose consumption and optionally a high percentage of consumed galactose at the end of lactose consumption (both as determined by assay I), comprising modifying the sequence of the gal-lac gene cluster. The invention also relates to a Streptococcus thermophilus strain obtained or obtainable by this method, to a Streptococcus thermophilus strain characterized both by the sequence of its gal-lac gene cluster and its "high galactose utilization" profile, to a culture and kit-of part comprising such strains, as well as to the use of such strains in food applications.