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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2005
Naoyuki Moriya, Minato-ku, JP;
Yukiko Moriya, Minato-ku, JP;
Koji Kubota, Minato-ku, JP;
Aureo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is intended to utilize β-glucan produced by a bacterium belonging tosp. From a bacterium belonging tosp., a mutant with little pigment accumulation is constructed by a mutagenesis means of, for example, irradiating with ultraviolet light or treating with a mutagen. A culture obtained by culturing this mutant in a liquid culture medium is usable as a composition with a large β-glucan content without showing any intense dark green color caused by the accumulation of melanin-like pigments. This composition may be taken as such as a functional food having the physiologically active functions of the β-glucan-containing composition. Alternatively, it may be added to foods, drinks. food additives, cosmetics and so on.