Abstract: The present invention concerns a new ?-galactosidase with transgalactosylating activity isolated from Bifidobacterium bifidum. The ?-galactosidase is capable of converting lactose to a mixture of galactooligosaccharides which are ?-linked and unexpectedly produces the ?-linked disaccharide galactobiose. The mixture may be incorporated into numerous food products or animal feeds for improving gut health by promoting the growth of bifidobacteria in the gut, and repressing the growth of the pathogenic microflora.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 2007
Date of Patent:
May 1, 2012
Assignee:
Clasado Inc.
Inventors:
Georgios Tzortzis, Athanasios K Goulas, Theodoros Goulas
Abstract: The present invention concerns a new ?-galactosidase with transgalactosylating activity isolated from Bifidobacterium bifidum. The ?-galactosidase is capable of converting mellibiose to ?-galactobiose disaccharides which may be incorporated into numerous food products or animal feeds for improving gut health by promoting the growth of bifidobacteria in the gut, and repressing the growth of the pathogenic microflora.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 2006
Date of Patent:
November 15, 2011
Assignee:
Clasado, Inc.
Inventors:
Georgios Tzortzis, Athanasios K Goulas, Theodoros Goulas
Abstract: The present invention concerns a ?-galactosidase with transgalactosylating activity isolated from Bifidobacterium bifidum. The ?-galactosidase is capable of converting lactose to a mixture of oligosaccharides which are ?-linked and unexpectedly produces the ?-linked disaccharide galactobiose. The mixture may be incorporated into numerous food products or animal feeds for improving gut health by promoting the growth of bifidobacteria in the gut, and repressing the growth of the pathogenic microflora.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2007
Date of Patent:
October 4, 2011
Assignee:
Clasado Inc.
Inventors:
Georgios Tzortzis, Athanasios K Goulas, Theodoros Goulas
Abstract: Novel strains of Bifidobacterium hifidum capable of producing a novel galactosidase enzyme activity that converts lactose to a novel mixture of galactooligosaccharides. The mixture of oligosaccharidcs may be incorporated into numerous food products or animal feeds for improving gut health by promoting the growth of bifidobacteria in the gut, and repressing the growth of the pathogenic microflora.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2004
Date of Patent:
February 8, 2011
Assignee:
Clasado Inc.
Inventors:
Glenn Gibson, Jacek Witold Slupinski, Georgios Tzortzis, Anthony Graham Wynne
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