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Pim Van Hee

Douwe Van Sinderen

Roelof Hendrik Matthijs Kouwen

Brian McDonnell

Jennifer Mahony

John Mark Faragher

Hugo Streekstra

Cornelia Elizabeth Paulina Maljaars

Laurentius Cornelis Adrianus Van Santen

Fenna Johanna Catharina Jolink

Brian Mcdonnell

Roelof Hendrik Kouwen

Claire Emile Price

Dominik Bohdan Grabinski

The present invention relates a heteropolysaccharide characterized in that it is substantially composed of the monosaccharides glucose and galactose and rhamnose and N-acetylgalactosamine and a process for the production thereof. The invention further relates to a bacterium capable of producing said heteropolysaccharide and to the use of the heteropolysaccharide and the bacterium for improving the texture of fermented milk products.

Heteropolysaccharides

Bacteriophage Insensitive Mutants (BIMs) of threeparent strains were generated and characterized for phage sensitivity, sedimentation rate, cell chain length, phage adsorption and CRISPR loci alterations. Several BIMs showed an altered sedimentation phenotype as well as an increase cell chain length, reduced phage sensitivity, reduced phage adsorption and 100% identity in three CRISPR loci. The results show that the derived BIMs have become phage-resistant through a mechanism other than CRISPR.

Phage insensitive

The present invention relates to frozen and freeze dried starter culture compositions comprising microorganisms. The invention also relates to methods of producing the frozen and freeze dried starter culture compositions and methods of using them.

Starter culture compositions

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The present invention provides an aqueous antifungal composition comprising a polyene antifungal compound and a thickening agent. The composition can be used in the protection against the development of fungi on food, feed and agricultural products.

Method for the treatment of food, feed and agricultural products with a polyene antifungal compound

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