The present invention relates to processes of producing a fermentation product from starch containing material comprising (a) forming a slurry comprising the starch-containing material and water; (b) converting the starch-containing material into dextrins with an alpha-amylase; (c) saccharifying the dextrins using a carbohydrate source generating enzyme to form sugars; (d) fermenting sugars using a fermenting organism; (e) recovering the fermentation product to form whole stillage; (f) separating the whole stillage into a liquid fraction thin stillage and solid fraction wet cake; (g) hydrolyzing the thin stillage; (h) recycle a portion of the hydrolyzed thin stillage to steps (a); wherein the thin stillage in step (g) is hydrolyzed using a glucoamylase and/or polygalacturonase.

Detergent compositions including polypeptide variants and methods of cleaning and/or treatment of surfaces using such compositions, and fabric treatment compositions including polypeptide variants. The compositions may include surfactants: anionic, nonionic and/or cationic.

The invention relates to cleaning or detergent compositions comprising polypeptides exhibiting beta-glucanase activity, optionally comprising one or more amylases and/or one or more proteases and uses thereof in cleaning or detergent applications and processes such as cleaning hard-surfaces, dish wash and laundering. The present invention relates to polypeptides having beta-glucanase activity, catalytic domains, beta-glucan binding domains and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains or beta-glucan binding domains. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains or beta-glucan binding domains.

The present invention relates to a fusion protein having a targeting sequence, exosporium protein, or exosporium protein fragment that targets the fusion protein to the exosporium of a recombinant Bacillus cereus family member and a pectinase enzyme, wherein the pectinase is a pectate lyase from Bacillus spp. having any of SEQ ID NOs: 213-217 and 222-226 or a polygalaturonase from Aspergillus niger or certain Bacillus species that can have any of SEQ ID NOs: 210-212, 218-221, and 227. The present invention also provides a recombinant Bacillus cereus family member that expresses such fusion protein and exosporium fragments derived from such recombinant Bacillus cereus family member. Methods of using such recombinant Bacillus cereus family members or exosporium fragments derived therefrom for plant growth promotion are also provided.

The invention relates to a product for use in the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of infections, said treatment comprising oral administration of the product, wherein the product is selected from a nutritional formulation, a food product, a dietary supplement, a beverage and a pharmaceutical product, said product containing carrot RG-I polysaccharides having the following combination features: a molecular weight in the range 10-300 kDa; a backbone consisting of galacturonic acid residues and rhamnose residues, said rhamnose residues being contained in alpha(1.fwdarw.4)-galacturonic-alpha(1.fwdarw.2)-rhamnose residues; the following monosaccharide composition: 20-60 mol. % galacturonic acid residues, wherein the individual galacturonic acids can be methylated and/or acetyl-esterified; 8-50 mol. % rhamnose residues; 0-40 mol. % arabinose residues; 0-40 mol. % galactose residues; molar ratio of galacturonic acid residues to rhamnose residues in the range of 5:1 to 1:1; galacturonic acid residues, rhamnose residues, arabinose residues and galactose residues together constitute at least 85 mol. % of the monosaccharide residues in the carrot RG-I polysaccharides. These carrot RG-I polysaccharides can be produced by partially hydrolysing pectic polysaccharides present in a carrot pectin isolate. The effectiveness of carrot RG-I polysaccharides against infections is substantially improved by enzymatically hydrolysing the RG-I polysaccharides to remove at least part of the homogalacturonan component.

A plant residue-decomposing agent comprising cells of Bacillus pumilus KS-C4 strain (FERM BP-10842), wherein the cells are formulated into the agent by using a liquid culture product of the KS-C4 strain as it is, or by concentrating the liquid culture product of the KS-C4 strain and then without separating the cells from a liquid.

The current invention discloses enzyme-based compositions for converting raw natural fibres from plant derived biomass into high quality textile grade fibres. The invention discloses at least one multi-component enzymatic formulation, and the optimal conditions for using these enzymatic formulations, which result in production of textile grade fibres from raw natural fibres. These textile grade fibres can be used in any industry, because of their high-quality parameters, and high spinnability index.

Detergent compositions including polypeptide variants and methods of cleaning and/or treatment of surfaces using such compositions, and fabric treatment compositions including polypeptide variants. The compositions may include surfactants: anionic, nonionic and/or cationic.

A process for treatment of cellulosic material, for example, knitted or woven cotton fabric or yarn, comprises treating cellulosic material with a pectinase and a surfactant.

The present invention relates to polypeptide variants and methods for obtaining variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.