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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Arizona Board of Regents for and on Behalf ,of Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (US);
Bruce Edward Rittmann, Tempe, AZ (US);
Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Chandler, AZ (US);
Husen Zhang, Tempe, AZ (US);
John Dibaise, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Michael Crowell, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for microbial compositions and methods for reducing the concentration of short-chain fatty acids in the gut as a way to reduce energy uptake and manage obesity. More specifically, the invention provides for decreasing short-chain fatty acids available for absorption in the human gut, such as acetate, using one or more of: a probiotic including a homo-acetogenic, acetate oxidizing bacterium that converts acetate to H; a probiotic including an acetoclastic methanogen; a microbial electrolysis cell comprising a homo-acetogenic bacterium and/or an acetoclastic methanogen; a prebiotic that enhances the growth or function of acetate-scavenging microbiota; or a highly selective antibiotic that targets H-oxidizing methanogens.