HEMICELLULASE SUPPLEMENT TO IMPROVE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF HEMICELLULOSE-CONTAINING FOOD AND ANIMAL FEED

Soil microorganisms are obtained that produce a hemicellulase which is particularly useful in increasing the available energy content of hemicellulosic foodstuffs. These microorganisms can be cultured per se or can be used as sources of genetic information with which to engineer other microorganisms...

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Hauptverfasser: FODGE, DOUGLAS WALTER, ANDERSON, DAVID MARTIN
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Zusammenfassung:Soil microorganisms are obtained that produce a hemicellulase which is particularly useful in increasing the available energy content of hemicellulosic foodstuffs. These microorganisms can be cultured per se or can be used as sources of genetic information with which to engineer other microorganisms to produce the enzyme. Thus, commercially useful quantities of native or recombinant hemicellulase can be produced with cultures consisting essentially of microorganisms that produce the enzyme. The hemicellulase, a culture consisting essentially of a microorganism that produces such a hemicellulase, or a fermentation broth comprised of such a culture and hemicellulase can then be employed in a consumable composition containing complex carbohydrates which the enzyme degrades, enhancing the nutritional value of the composition.