Patent ID: 8129170

Claim:
A recombinant bacterium comprising in its genome or on at least one recombinant construct: (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having sucrose transporter activity, said polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity, based on a Clustal V method of alignment, when compared to an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:24; and (b) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having sucrose hydrolase activity, said polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity, based on a Clustal V method of alignment, when compared to an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:26; wherein (a) and (b) are each operably linked to the same or a different promoter, further wherein said recombinant bacterium is capable of metabolizing sucrose.