Patent ID: 9365887
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: C12N,C12Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for rational mining for an induced enzyme in a microbial community, comprising the steps of: (a) cultivating a community of microorganisms comprising at least two microbial species in at least one container in a defined culturing medium at least until the microbial community reaches a metabolic steady-state; (b) transferring at least one fraction from step (a) into at least two separate containers, wherein the at least two separate containers both contain a defined medium and wherein at least a first container contains an inducing substance and at least a second container does not contain the inducing substance; (c) cultivating the fractions from step (b), and (d) withdrawing and analyzing samples of the first and second fractions of step (c) for identification of the induced enzyme.