Systems and methods for recycling of organic waste to produce lactic acid by fermentation are provided, which utilize dried or partially-dried compositions of spores of the lactic acid-producing bacterium Bacillus coagulans.

The invention relates to genetically engineered microorganisms, such as bacteria, modified to increase production of cellulose and methods of producing said genetically engineered microorganisms. The invention also relates to the use of these genetically engineered microorganisms in agriculture.

The application relates to an enzyme composition, a process for the preparation thereof and the use of the enzyme composition in enzymatic hydrolysis.

Disclosed are fusion polypeptides comprising at least two carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs), wherein the polypeptide has carbohydrate binding activity. Also disclosed is the use of such polypeptides for reducing the wrinkles in laundry, as well as detergent compositions and laundry booster compositions comprising the same. Also disclosed are polynucleotides encoding the variants, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the variants and methods of making the variants.

Provided is a method for producing a yeast cell wall-derived decomposition product-containing composition, the method including enzymatically treating a cell wall of yeast with exoglucanase.

A mutant strain of a filamentous fungus of the genus Trichoderma having a reduced function of a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2; and a method of producing a sugar from a cellulose-containing biomass, the method including: step a of producing a cellulase by cultivating a Trichoderma reesei mutant strain having a reduced function of a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, and step b of saccharifying the biomass by using the cellulase obtained in the step a.

The present invention is directed to compositions comprising hydrolase-secreting bacteria and fermenting microorganisms and use thereof, such as for fermentative production of ethanol.

Disclosed are variants of a cellulase having improved stability in the presence of a protease, and the use of such variants in laundry.

Detergent compositions may include endoglucanase variants and methods of using such detergent compositions. The endoglucanase may have an alteration at one or more positions where the variant has at least 60% but less than 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2.

The disclosure provides methods using mixed substrate cofeeding for bioproduct synthesis, which enables faster, more efficient, and higher yield carbon conversion in various organisms.