2022-03-022022-03-022021-11-16San, Ka-yiu, Liu, Ping and Li, Sha, "Galactose utilization." Patent US11174468B2. issued 2021-11-16. Retrieved from <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/112001">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/112001</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/112001The present disclosure describes a genetically engineered bacteria that relieves the catabolite repression problem exerted by the Spot 42 small regulatory RNA by adding a galactokinase that does not contain the Spot 42 binding region. As such, galK (galactokinase) and galM (mutarotase) and the like can be expressed allow better galactose utilization.20engUtility patentUS11174468B2