Composition And Methods For Inhibiting Pathogenic Growth
AssigneeNutrition Physilogy Company, LLC
InventorsBryan E. Garner, Douglas R. Ware
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Abstract
The invention includes methods and compositions for treating an animal to inhibit the incidence and growth of E. coli O157:H7 and other pathogenic bacteria. The treatment method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of Lactobacillus acidophilus or one or a combination of a number of other probiotic bacteria to an animal. An alternative treatment method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a lactic acid producing bacterium such as Lactobacillus acidophilus in combination with a lactate utilizing bacterium such as Propionibacterium freudenreichii.
Claims15
A composition comprising a Lactobacillus bacterium and a Propionibacterium bacterium, wherein the ratio in colony forming unit (CFU) between said Lactobacillus bacterium and said Propionibacterium bacterium in said composition is from about 1:1000 (CFULactobacillus:
- CFUPropionibacterium) to about 1000:1 (CFULactobacillus:
- CFUPropionibacterium), wherein said Lactobacillus bacterium consists essentially of strain LA51.
A composition comprising a Lactobacillus bacterium and a Propionibacterium bacterium, wherein said Lactobacillus bacterium consists essentially of strain LA51 and said Propionibacterium bacterium consists essentially of strain PF24.
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