Dupont Nutrition Biosciences Aps

Universitè Catholique De Louvain

International N&h Denmark Aps

Syngulon Sa

Nederlands Instituut Voor Zuivelonderzoek

Pascal Hols

Christophe Fremaux

Philippe Horvath

Patrick Boyaval

Laetitia Fontaine

Oscar Paul Kuipers

Willem Meindert De Vos

Michiel Kleerebezem

Thierry Ferain

Jean Marcelin Alain Marie Ghislain Delcour

David Blandine

Amandine Radziejwoski

Frederic Toussaint

Johann Mignolet

Laura Ledesma García

Frédéric Toussaint

The present invention relates to a method for transforming a strain of thegenus through natural competence. The present invention further relates to strains obtained or obtainable by said method. The present invention also relates to a method for identifying a strain of thegenus which is transformable through natural competence.

Methods and strain

Described herein is a peptide or peptidomimetic with a length of at least 6 residues comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of the sequence motif Xaa-Trp-Xaa-Xaa-Xaa-Xaa(SEQ ID NO:1), wherein: Xaarepresents an aromatic residue (Phe, Tyr, Trp, His), Cys or Ser; Xaa, Xaaand Xaarepresent any residue; and Xaarepresents Gly, lie or Val.

Peptides for inducing bacteriocin synthesis and methods to identify and/or select and/or optimize the same

The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and methods for transforming a bacterium belonging to thegenus by natural competence and their use in the food and feed industry.

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A process for preparing alanine by culturing a genetically modified microorganism that produces alanine from glucose. The microorganism is one that has been modified to result in an overexpression of an endogenous alanine dehydrogenase gene, expression of a heterologous alanine dehydrogenase gene, or a combination of both. The source of alanine dehydrogenase may be The modified microorganisms may be a homofermentative microorganism, such as a strain of . The process can be used for in situ and stereoscopic preparation of alanine. The invention also relates to the microorganisms and the recombinant DNA molecules that can be used in the invention, as well as to alanine and alanine-containing products obtained according to the process of the invention.

Process for the production of alanine by recombinant microorganisms

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Vedrin, Belgium

Pascal Hols