TRANSFORMED LACTIC ACID BACTERIA

摘要

An inoculum for silage and a probiotic which include lactic acid bacteria transformed with at least one exogenous gene or DNA fragment thereof coding for an enzyme which breaks down an oligosaccharide and/or a polysaccharide into a monosaccharide, disaccharide or other fermentable carbohydrate. Also provided are methods for transforming the lactic acid bacteria by electroporation and by the use of new plasmids, vectors and other DNA sequences. A new amylase is also provided.