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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Herbert R Peer, Storm Lake, IA (US);
Assignee:
TransAgra Corporation, Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 43 ; 435172 ; 435245 ; 435253 ;
Abstract
Lactobacillus acidophilus is cultured by special process steps to derive a strain of organisms having a length of over ten microns and a tough stable outer hide, and which produce high acidity above 1.5%, exhibit a characteristic odor, and are tolerant to metallic salts such as cobalt carbonate. They are cultured in a transfer process from starter organisms of different characteristics to develop the improved strain which retains its characteristics in the presence of metallic salts added to the nutrient before incubation and are free of a tendency to clump.