BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE OV-12 STRAIN, USED FOR MAKING BACTERIAL PREPARATIONS, BIOLIGICALLY ACTIVE ADDITIVES TO FOOD, FERMENTED AND UNFERMENTED FOOD PRODUCTS, HYGIENIC AND COSMETIC AGENTS Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC C12N1/00 A23C9/12 A61K35/74 A23L1/29 A61K8/99 

FIELD: chemistry; biochemistry.

SUBSTANCE: Bifidobacterium breve OV-12 strain is extracted from intestine contents of a healthy nursing infant, deposited and stored at the State collection of microorganisms normal microflora of the Federal State Research Institution Moscow G. N. Gabrichevskii Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology Rospotrebnadzor under No.217. The strain suits modern requirements, accumulates biomass on culture media in short periods with high concentration of bifidobacteria, has acid-forming and antagonist properties towards pathogenic and opportunistic microflora, is resistant to a wide range of antibiotics and is not toxic.

EFFECT: possibility of using B brever OV-12 strain in making bacterial preparations, biologically active additives to food, fermented and unfermented food products, hygienic and cosmetic agents, which provide for probiotic effect and normalisation of microbiocenoses of the human body, including gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts, skin and mucous coatings, and also widens the range of similar agents.

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