Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Basf Se Corporation

Novozymes A/s

Basf Plant Science Gmbh

Organobalance Gmbh

Andreas Reindl

Uwe Sonnewald

Thomas Ehrhardt

Christine Lang

Ralf-Michael Schmidt

Markus Veen

Marc Stitt Nigel

Annette Freund

Wolfgang Lein

Karin Herbers

Rolf Knöll

Kirsten Deist

Mewes Boettner

Michael Schilling

Frederik Börnke

Peter Ludwig Geigenberger

Eckhard Budde

Mewes Böttner

Frederik Boernke

Budde Eckhard

Horst-Ekkerhard Neuhaus

Karlheinz Graeve-Kampfenkel

Torsten Möhlmann

Joachim Tjaden

J&ouml;rg Schwender

Andreas Hellmann

Hartmut Lichtenthaler

Andreas Heilmann

Rolf Knoll

Andreas Heilman

Described are microorganisms which are, in a first aspect, able to to stimulate the growth of microorganisms of the resident skin microbial flora and which do not stimulate the growth of microorganisms of the transient pathogenic micro flora. In a second aspect microorganisms are described which are able to inhibit the growth of microorganisms of the transient pathogenic skin micro flora and which do not inhibit the growth of microorganisms of the resident skin micro flora. Also described are compositions comprising such microorganisms as well as the use of such microorganisms in cosmetic, prophylactic or therapeutic applications.

Methods and means for protecting the skin against pathogenic microorganisms

Described is a microorganism belonging to the group of lactic acid bacteria which is able to drastically reduce the peptide concentration in saliva thereby depleting the substrate used by anaerobic microorganisms of the oral micro-flora which are the causative agent for oral malodour. Moreover, described is a microorganism belonging to the group of lactic acid bacteria which is able to stimulate the growth ofbut does not stimulate the growth ofand/or. Also described are compositions containing the above-mentioned microorganisms, their use for preventing and/or treating oral malodour and/or halitosis and to methods for preventing and/or treating oral malodour and/or halitosis.

Use and methods for preventing and/or treating oral malodour

The present invention relates to serine hydroxymethyltransferase (E.C. 2.1.2.1) as novel target for herbicides, and to nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase, which, when not present, bring about growth retardation symptoms and chlorotic leaves, comprising the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID No:3, and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence or the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:7 and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences, of functional analogs of the SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:7 or of polypeptides encoded by one of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences in a method for identifying herbicidally active compounds which inhibit serine hydroxymethyltransferases, and to the use of these compounds which have been identified by the method as herbicides.

Nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase

Serine hydroxymethyltransferase as a target for herbicides

The invention relates to transformed plants and their descendants, which have altered regulative sequences and/or number of gene copies of the ATP/ADP-translocator-gene in such a manner that they have one or more amino acids simultaneously in altered amounts in comparison with a non-transformed plants. The invention also relates to a method for the production of said plants in addition to their use as crop plants or in the animal feedstuffs industry.

Plants having altered amino acid contents and method for the production thereof

The invention relates to a method for producing plants containing increased quantities of tocopherols, vitamin K, carotinoids, chlorophylls and polyterpenes by overexpression of a DXPRI gene.

Overexpression of a DNA sequence coding for a 1-desoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase in plants

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Mannheim, Germany

Andreas Reindl