FIELD: biotechnology, microbiology, medicine, obstetrics-gynecology. SUBSTANCE: strain is isolated from vagina of health woman of reproductive age. Strain is able to inhibit opportunistic microorganisms in vitro and in vivo effectively, it produces acids and shows expressed adhesion to vaginal epitheliocytes. Strain Bifidobacterium longum Z4 shows absence of pathogenicity and pyrogenicity for humans and animals, it normalizes microflora in women genital way. Strain can be used as the preparation-probiotic for correction of disorders of microbiocenosis in women genital way. EFFECT: strain indicated above, enhanced curative effectiveness of strain. 2 tbl, 3 ex
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2000-06-27—Published
1998-07-09—Filed