Cleaning compositions may include polypeptides having hexosaminidase activity. The cleaning compositions may include a polypeptide having one or more of the motif(s) GXDE (SEQ ID NO 27), [EQ][NRSHA][YVFL][AGSTC][IVLF][EAQYN][SN] (SEQ ID NO: 28), HFHIGG (SEQ ID NO: 29), FLHLHF (SEQ ID NO: 30) or DHENYA (SEQ ID NO: 31), or combinations thereof. The cleaning compositions may be or include laundry detergents, fabric finishers, acidic cleaning agents, neutral cleaning agents, alkaline cleaning agents, hand dishwashing agents, automatic dishwasher compositions, or combinations thereof.

The present invention concerns one or more bacteria cultures of the genus Bacillus, Lysinibacillus or Pseudomonas, a composition comprising the bacteria cultures, the use of the bacteria cultures for preventing and/or reducing amount of free fatty acids and a method for washing.

Surfactants based on a newly discovered class of compounds include a hydrophobic lipid oligomer covalently linked to a peptide or peptide-like chain and a carbohydrate moiety, and a serine-leucinol dipeptide linked to the lipid oligomer. Such surfactants can be used to create an oil-in-water or water-in-oil emulsion by mixing together a polar component; a non-polar component; and the surfactant. Biosurfactants of the newly discovered class can be made by isolating and culturing a microorganism which produces the biosurfactant, and then isolating the biosurfactant from the culture. A microorganism can be engineered to produce biosurfactant of this newly discovered class by expressing a set of heterologous genes involved in the biosynthesis of the biosurfactant in the microorganism.

Product for cleaning, sanification and hygienization, comprising a base solution with sanificant and/or hygienizing action to which probiotic bacteria and bacteriophage elements are mixed; the probiotic bacteria being preferably of the Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus pumilus genera, while the bacteriophage elements comprise, as an alternative or in combination, bacteriophages of the Caudavirales, Microviridae, Leviviridae, Inoviridae, Tectiviridae, Corticoviridae families.

The present invention relates to a biodegradable detergent composition, which can contain viable cells or enzymes and acts as a replacement for the chemical detergents. The biodegradable detergent composition, comprising of: bio surfactant; polyols; biopolymer; organic acid; small chain peptide; essential oil; and stabilizers. The biodegradable detergent composition has a pH value of less than about 3.60, Titratable Acidity % between about 9.0-12.0, HLB value between about 14 to about 16.5, E24 value between about 73 and about 79. The biodegradable detergent composition has MALDI-TOF MS spectra in the m/z range from about 513.1 to about 2847.7 with peak mass value range from about 1375.8 m/z to about 2009.2 m/z. Further, the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing the biodegradable detergent composition.

The invention relates to malodor controlling bacteria and related methods and compositions for the control and prevention of malodor.

A pouch comprising a wall forming a chamber, the wall comprising a water-soluble polymer, and the chamber containing a particulate solid comprising an enzyme, and a liquid comprising a surfactant and/or a polyol. A method of preparing a pouch and a method of preparing an enzyme-containing detergent composition are disclosed.

The invention relates to malodor controlling bacteria and related methods and compositions for the control and prevention of malodor.

A spore-forming Bacillus species, and more particularly, a Bacillus subtilis strain identified as MB40 is provided. Compositions comprising the MB40 strain, methods of making products comprising the same, and methods of using the same are also provided.

A lichen extract-based formulation containing a mixture of reindeer lichen extract (Cladonia rangiferina), lung lichen extract (Lobaria pulmonaria), and witch's hair lichen extract (Alectoria sarmentosa); feed pellet, protein block and solution containing the lichen extract-based formulation; lichen extract-based spray cleaner formulation and methods for administration of the formulations to cervids are disclosed.