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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA, Minato-ku, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 63/50 (2020.01); A01N 43/16 (2006.01); A01P 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 63/50 (2020.01); A01N 43/16 (2013.01); A01P 1/00 (2021.08);
Abstract
Provided is a method for promoting bacterial cell wall degradation. A method for promoting cell wall degradation, comprising allowing an N-acetylmuramidase to act on a bacterium in the presence of one or more saccharides selected from the group consisting of: a monosaccharide wherein the monosaccharide is an aldopentose, an L-aldohexose, or a ketohexose; a disaccharide, an oligosaccharide, and a polysaccharide each containing one or more of the monosaccharides as a constituent saccharide; and a derivative thereof.