Patent ID: 6855531

Claim:
A detergent composition comprising a surfactant and a polypeptide exhibiting endoglucanase activity; which is any of: (a) a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12; (b) a polypeptide encoded by a DNA sequence which hybridizes with SEQ ID NO: 11 or the DNA sequence obtainable from the plasmid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae DSM 10081 under the following hybridization conditions: prehybridization and hybridization in a solution of 5×SSC, 5 ×Denhardt's solution, 0.5% SDS and 100 micrograms/ml of denatured sonicated salmon sperm DNA for 12 hours at about 45° C., followed by washing in 2×SSC and 0.5% SDS at a temperature of 65° C.; and (c) a fragment of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 which has endoglucanase activity, wherein the detergent composition has a pH in the range of 7-11.