Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of selecting or identifying probiotic strains capable of acting on the absorption of water in the colon, and use thereof as medicinal products in the treatment and/or prevention of diarrhea. The invention relates in particular to the strain of Bacillus subtilis CU1 for use in the treatment and/or prevention of diarrhea.

Abstract: A method for analyzing a liquid sample, such as wine, in order to detect the possible presence of sulphite-resistant yeasts of the Brettanomyces bruxellensis species. The method includes detecting whether yeasts of the Brettanomyces bruxellensis species belonging to the genetic group of triploid oenological yeasts are found in the sample. If such yeasts are detected, then the sample is deduced to contain sulphite-resistant yeasts of the Brettanomyces bruxellensis species.

Abstract: The present invention concerns the probiotic strain Bacillus subtilis CU1 filed with the French Collection Nationale de Culture des Microorganismes (National Collection of Microorganism Cultures) under number I-2745, cells obtained by culturing said strain and a composition comprising cells obtained by culturing said strain, for the use thereof in the treatment and/or prevention of chronic inflammatory diseases, and in particular chronic inflammatory rheumatism.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for enhancing the determination, from a seismic image of at least a portion of a seismic horizon in a three-dimensional domain. The method comprises: receiving the seismic image; receiving a plurality of related control points; defining pseudo-rectangles; for each pseudo-rectangle applying a diffeomorphic transformation F: defining a new domain; transforming points of the seismic image; transforming said pseudo-rectangle into a corresponding rectangle; applying a horizon reconstruction algorithm to the transformed points, to determine a part of a transformed horizon, the reconstruction comprising solving a Poisson equation; and computing a part of the horizon, said computing comprising applying an inverse diffeomorphic transformation F?1 to the determined part of a transformed horizon.