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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2000
Applicants:
Harald Bruessow, La-Tour-de-Peilz, CH;
Sacha Lucchini, Norwich, GB;
Inventors:
Harald Bruessow, La-Tour-de-Peilz, CH;
Sacha Lucchini, Norwich, GB;
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 7/01 (2006.01); A01N 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to anbacterium which is resistant to attack by at least one bacteriophage, a method of production of the bacterium and a composition which comprises the bacterium. The bacterium comprises a modification of the Sfi21 prophage or the bacterial genome which disrupts expression of a gene which is essential to a bacteriophage, but not essential to the bacteria.