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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Wageningen Universiteit, Wageningen, NL;
Inventors:
Willem Meindert De Vos, Ede, NL;
Clara Belzer, Wageningen, NL;
Assignee:
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT, Wageningen, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/741 (2015.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); A61K 35/00 (2006.01); C12R 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/741 (2013.01); C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12N 1/205 (2021.05); A61K 2035/115 (2013.01); C12R 2001/01 (2021.05);
Abstract
A novelspecies has been isolated from fresh faeces obtained from the reticulated python. The species has been named. It is capable of growing on mucus as a sole carbon and nitrogen source. The species can be used as a medicament, probiotic or cosmetic, e.g., for promoting weight loss, for promoting gut mucosal immune system function, for maintaining, restoring and/or increasing the physical integrity of the gut mucosal barrier, and for prevention or treatment of a variety of associated diseases or disorders.