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1. A fast acidifying lactic acid bacterium that generates a viscosity in fermented milk greater than about 62 Pa·
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Abstract
The present invention relates in one aspect to a fast acidifying lactic acid bacterium that generates a viscosity in fermented milk greater than about 62 Pa·s after 14 days of storage at 6° C.
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1. A fast acidifying lactic acid bacterium that generates a viscosity in fermented milk greater than about 62 Pa·
- s after 14 days of storage at 6°
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7. A lactic acid bacterium or a mutant thereof and/or a variant thereof, comprising the sequence set forth in SEQ ID No. 19 or a homologue thereof with at least 75% identity thereto.
- 8. An isolated Streptococcus thermophilus strain deposited at DSMZ (Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1 b, D-38124 Braunschweig) under deposit number 18344 on 14 Jun. 2006 or a mutant thereof and/or a variant thereof.
- 25. A method for identifying a bacterium belonging to the genus Streptococcus comprising the step of screening the bacterium for the sequence set forth in SEQ ID No. 19 or a homologue thereof with at least 75% identity thereto.
- 26. A method for identifying a bacterium belonging to the genus Streptococcus comprising the step of amplifying the CRISPR locus of a bacterium using at least one forward and at least one reverse oligonucleotide primer, wherein each of the primers flank opposite sides of one or more CRISPR spacers that are absent in Streptococcus thermophilius DSMZ-18344.
- 36. A nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence set forth in SEQ ID No. 19 or a homologue thereof with at least 75% identity thereto.
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