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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Maat Pharma, Lyons, FR;
Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomique, Paris, FR;
Hervé Affagard, Lyons, FR;
Carole Schwintner, Lyons, FR;
Catherine Juste, Le Perray-en-Yvelines, FR;
Joël Dore, Vitry sur Seine, FR;
Patricia Lepage, Paris, FR;
Christel Maillet, Saclay, FR;
Sylvie Rabot, Senlisse, FR;
Fernanda Fonseca, Villepreux, FR;
Hervé Blottiere, Nantes, FR;
MAAT PHARMA, Lyons, FR;
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a fecal 5 microbiota sample of a donor subject. Said method includes the following steps: a) collecting at least one fecal microbiota sample from the donor subject; b) within a period of less than 5 minutes after collecting the sample, placing said sample obtained in step a) in an oxygen-tight collection device; c) mixing the sample obtained in step b) with at least one aqueous saline 10 solution containing at least one cryoprotectant and/or a filling agent; d) optionally, filtering the mixture obtained in step c), in particular by means of a filter comprising pores having a diameter of less than or equal to 0.7 mm, preferably less than or equal to 0.5 mm; and e) storing the mixture obtained in step c) or d) by freezing said mixture at a temperature 15 of between −15° C. and −100° C. Steps b) to e) are carried out in anaerobiosis.