The invention concerns the use of formate for increasing the thickness of a fermented milk-based composition, wherein the fermented milk-based composition is fermented by S. thermophilus. Furthermore the use of formate in a starter culture for increasing the thickness of a fermented milk-based composition is concerned, wherein the fermented milk-based composition is fermented by S. thermophilus

The present invention provides a microbial consortium comprising two or more microorganisms, compositions and kits comprising the same and uses thereof in methods of treating immune-related conditions.

The present invention provides a Lactococcus lactis subspecies lactis isolate WFLU-12 with the accession number o KCTC 13180BP, and a use thereof.

The present invention is directed to a method of producing a Streptococcus thermophilus strain comprising the steps of a) Providing a mother strain in the form of Streptococcus thermophilus DSM32502, b) Growing a culture of the mother strain in the presence of a bacteriophage, to which the mother strain is not resistant, to obtain a number of mutant strains, which are resistant to the said bacteriophage, c) Measuring the acidification time of the bacteriophage-resistant mutant strains and the mother strain in a milk base and selecting at least one mutant strain with a reduced acidification time as compared to the mother strain to obtain a fast-acidifying mutant strain.

The present invention provides a method of increasing nisin production in nisin-producing Lactococcus lactis by inactivating the phage infection protein Pip. The invention also provides nisin-producing Lactococcus lactis in which the phage infection protein is inactivated. The nisin-producing Lactococcus lactis can be used in starter culture for manufacturing food products or other industrial applications.

The present disclosure relates to a method for producing fermented green coffee beans and fermented green coffee beans produced thereby, the method including: (A) a step of freezing green coffee beans at −10 to −25° C.; (B) a step of immersing the frozen green coffee beans in water for 3 to 10 hours; (C) a step of taking out the green coffee beans immersed in the water, removing the water and leaving the beans to stand for 5 to 15 hours while supplying air at 20 to 30° C.; (D) a step of sterilizing the green coffee beans and then inoculating the same with a strain to anaerobically ferment the same; and (E) a step of sterilizing and then drying the anaerobically fermented green coffee beans. When the fermented green coffee beans are roasted into coffee beans, aroma and taste may be improved and odor may be removed.

Deposited Streptococcus thermophilus (ST) strains that e.g. are suitable to be used in an improved method for the manufacture of low browning mozzarella cheese.

The present invention relates to a method of preparing a live attenuated vaccine by irradiation and a live attenuated vaccine composition prepared by the same, and more particularly, a method of preparing a live attenuated vaccine by irradiation including irradiating a pathogenic microorganism with a dose of 0.5 to 2 kGy of radiation per single radiation six to fifteen times; and a live attenuated vaccine composition including a pathogenic microorganism attenuated to not be revertant to a wild type by generation of at least one mutation of nucleotide insertion and nucleotide deletion by irradiation.

Microorganisms for lowering blood ammonia level and composition for protecting neuronal cells containing the same, particularly relates to microbes or a symbiotic pair that has a neuroprotective function by lowering blood ammonia levels or reducing ammonia levels in the body and composition for protecting neuronal cells comprising the microbes. The microorganisms having a neuroprotective function by lowering the blood ammonia level can be selected from the group that include, but not limited to, a Lactobacillus sp. strain and a Streptococcus sp. strain. The ammonia removal strains and the composition have a neuroprotective effect by their excellent ability to remove neurotoxic ammonia, and thus can be widely used as a preventive or therapeutic agent for hyperammonemia and neurological diseases caused thereby.

The present invention provides novel Lactococcus lactis lactic acid bacterium strains having improved texturing properties and methods of using the strains for producing food products.