BACTERIAL STRAIN CECT7623, USES THEREOF AND XEROPROTECTANT PRODUCT PRODUCED FROM SAME

摘要

The invention relates to a microorganism of the Arthrobacter sp. species (access number CECT7623). The invention also relates to the use of said microorganism or a population of same for the production of a xeroprotectant composition, said composition comprising b-hydroxybutyrate, glucuronic acid, glutamic acid, glutamine and glucose or comprising glutamine, glucose and trehalose. The invention further relates to the use of the xeroprotectant composition for preserving biological material with a residual moisture content equal to or less than 10%, in which the biological material is an invertebrate organism, a seed, a plantlet, a microorganism, an isolated organ, an isolated biological tissue, a cell or a molecule with biological activity such as, for example, an enzyme with lipase activity. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for obtaining the xeroprotectant composition or a method for preserving said biological material.