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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2010
Alexandros Yiannikouris, Lexington, KY (US);
Ursula Anne Thielen, Lexington, KY (US);
Alexandros Yiannikouris, Lexington, KY (US);
Ursula Anne Thielen, Lexington, KY (US);
Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, KY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions comprising yeast cells and/or yeast cell components and methods for producing and utilizing the same. In particular, the invention provides novel yeast comprising altered cell wall structure (e.g., clay and/or clay component(s) integrated (e.g., interlaced) into cell wall(s) and/or cell wall(s) comprising altered glucan:mannan ratio), methods of producing the same, compositions comprising and/or derived from the same, and methods of using the same (e.g., to sequester and/or adsorb bacteria and toxins). Compositions and methods of the invention find use in a variety of applications including dietary (e.g., admixing with feedstuffs or otherwise feeding to animals), therapeutic, prophylactic (e.g. admixing with bedding sources and/or other materials that come into contact with animals, usage during food and beverage processing and manufacture, and usage during filtration of liquids) as well as research applications.
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