STRAIN BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM YA2 USED FOR PREPARING FERMENTED-MILK, FERMENTED AND NONFERMENTED FOODSTUFFS, FERMENTS, HYGIENIC AND COSMETIC AGENTS, BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUPPLEMENTS AND BACTERIAL PREPARATIONS Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: food, cosmetic and medicinal industry, biotechnology, microbiology. SUBSTANCE: strain Bifidobacterium longum YA2 is isolated from intestine content of health adult man and multiplies actively in nutrient medium with accumulation of industrial biomass for short (12-24 h) culturing period and with high concentration of bifidobacteria. Strain shows acid-producing and inhibitory properties with respect to pathogenic and putrefactive microflora. This allows preparing fermented-milk, fermented and nonfermented foodstuffs, ferments, hygienic and cosmetic agents, biologically active supplements and bacterial preparations providing normalization of microbiocenosis of human body, among them, digestive and urogenital tracts, cutaneous and mucous tissues. EFFECT: valuable biological and medicinal properties of strain, expanded assortment of analogous agents. 2 tbl, 5 ex