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Patents Assigned to Kyodoken Institute for Animal Science Research & Development

Compositions containing bacterium capable of converting lactic acid into butyric acid and method of preventing/treating hyperlactic acidemia in digestive tract and colon cancer by using the same

Patent number: 7485290

Abstract: A composition comprising Megasphaera elsdenii strain JCM1772 or strain iNP-001. The compositions may optionally contain live or processed bacterial products. A method for decreasing lactate production or increasing butyric acid production or for treating a disease associated with hyperlactate production in a non-ruminant using Megasphaera elsdenii.

Type: Grant

Filed: April 5, 2002

Date of Patent: February 3, 2009

Assignees: Kyodoken Institute for Animal Science Research & Development, Combi Corporation

Inventors: Kazunari Ushida, Takamitsu Tsukahara, Masaaki Okada, Hironari Koyama