Pullulanase producing microrganisms
First Claim
1. A biologically pure culture of the species Bacillus deramificans or derivatives or mutants thereof that retain all identifying characteristics of said species, wherein said culture or said derivatives or said mutants produce pullulanase that catalyses hydrolysis of α
- -1,6-glucosidic bonds.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a heat-stable pullulanase having the property of hydrolysing glucosidic bonds of the α-1,6 type in amylopectin and having an enzymatic activity in an acid medium and at a temperature of about 60° C.
The invention also relates to strains of microorganisms which produce this pullulanase and processes for the preparation of this pullulanase.
The invention also relates to the uses thereof and compositions comprising the product.
The invention also relates to a DNA molecule. The invention relates to an expression vector containing this DNA molecule and to a chromosomal integration vector containing this DNA molecule.
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1. A biologically pure culture of the species Bacillus deramificans or derivatives or mutants thereof that retain all identifying characteristics of said species, wherein said culture or said derivatives or said mutants produce pullulanase that catalyses hydrolysis of α
- -1,6-glucosidic bonds.
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2. A biologically pure culture of the strain Bacillus deramificans T 89.117D or derivatives or mutants thereof that retain all identifying characteristics of said strain, wherein said culture or said derivatives or said mutants produce pullulanase that catalyses hydrolysis of α
- -1,6-glucosidic bonds.
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