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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Calpis Food Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C / ; A01N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 43 ; 424 9345 ; 426 34 ; 426531 ; 4352529 ;
Abstract
Lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus having the following specific properties: (1) an increased amount of acidity of lactic acid when storing a product cultured by the bacteria at 10.degree. C. for two weeks being 0.5% or less; (2) an activity of cell membrane bound adenosine triphosphatase-being 5 .mu.mol.Pi/min/mg protein or less; and (3) the bacteria having neomycin resistance. Furthermore, a fermented milk product containing the lactic acid bacteria is disclosed.