Materials and methods for improving immune responses and skin and/or mucosal barrier functions
AssigneeQuorum Innovations, LLC
InventorsEva A. Berkes, Nicholas T. Monsul, Frederick T. Boehm
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Abstract
The subject invention provides compositions and methods for treating human dermatological conditions by employing a microbiome-centered treatment approach. Preferred embodiments of the invention provide pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions, and the methods of using the same, comprising a strain of Lactobacillus fermentum bacterium, or bioactive extracts thereof, derived from human microbiota and capable of growing in biofilm phenotype.
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A composition comprising an isolated Lactobacillus fermentum bacterial strain grown as biofilm, and/or comprising a bioactive extract of said biofilm, wherein the biological activity of the bioactive extract, is selected from antimicrobial activity, promoting commensal bacterial growth, enhancing skin or mucous membrane barrier function and enhancing a skin innate immune function, wherein the bacterial strain is Lactobacillus fermentum Qi6 having Accession No. PTA-122195.
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