Title:
METHODS AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS FOR MANUFACTURING FOOD AND FEED
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/140496
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
Provided herein are methods and compositions for food and feed applications, e.g., for targeting one or more microorganisms resident in a host insect, the modulation resulting in an increase in the fitness of the host. The invention features a composition that includes a modulating agent (e.g., phage, peptide, small molecule, antibiotic, or combinations thereof) that can alter the host's microbiota in a manner that is beneficial to the host. By promoting favorable microbial levels, microbial activity, microbial metabolism, and/or microbial diversity, the modulating agent described herein may be used to increase the fitness of a variety of insects utilized in human food or animal feed industries.
Inventors:
MARTINEZ IGNACIO (US)
ARMEN ZACHARY (US)
CEZAR CHRISTINE (US)
MARTIN BARRY (US)
AVENDANO AMADO MAIER (US)
ARMEN ZACHARY (US)
CEZAR CHRISTINE (US)
MARTIN BARRY (US)
AVENDANO AMADO MAIER (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2018/015051
Publication Date:
October 11, 2018
Filing Date:
January 24, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
FLAGSHIP PIONEERING INC (US)
International Classes:
A21D2/00; A23C9/12; C12N1/00; C12N1/12; C12P1/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ELBING, Karen, L. et al. (US)
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