Abstract: The invention relates to a genetic cluster of strains of S. thermophilus, wherein the milk fermented with said strains is highly viscous and weakly ropy. The invention also relates to a genetic cluster of strains of S. thermophilus, wherein the genome of said strains comprises a CRISPR locus having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID N° 1.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 28, 2014
Publication date:
September 18, 2014
Applicant:
Dupont Nutrition Bioscienses APS
Inventors:
Elise Manoury, Philippe Horvath, Christophe Fremaux, Pascal Fourcassie