Dysosmobacter, a novel bacterial genus of the gastrointestinal microbiota and uses thereof
AssigneeUniversité Catholique De Louvain
InventorsPatrice Cani, Tiphaine Le Roy
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Abstract
A bacterium belonging to a novel bacterial genus, Dysosmobacter. Also, the therapeutic, nutraceutical and cosmetic use thereof. The uses include methods for treating a disorder, promoting weight loss, decreasing food intake, increasing muscle mass, decreasing fat mass, increasing satiety, and/or decreasing weight gain associated with food intake in a subject, including administering to the subject at least one isolated bacterium belonging to the genus Dysosmobacter and/or a variant thereof and/or fragments thereof.
Claims1
A method for treating metabolic syndrome in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one isolated bacterium belonging to the genus Dysosmobacter, wherein the nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of said isolated bacterium has at least 98% identity with SEQ ID NO:
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