| abstract |
A recombinant bacterium comprising in its genome or at least one recombinant construct: (a) a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having sucrose transporting activity, said polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity, based on the Clustal V alignment method, when compared with an amino acid sequence as depicted in SEQ ID NO: 24; and (b) a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having sucrose hydrolase activity, said polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity, based on the Clustal V alignment method, when compared to an amino acid sequence as represented in SEQ ID NO: 26; wherein (a) and (b) are each operatively linked to the same or different promoter, in which said recombinant bacterium is also capable of metabolizing sucrose. |