Probiotic Bacterial Molecules and their Use in Methods to Treat/Prevent Infection by Harmful Bacteria and to Provide Nutritional Health
AssigneeUniversity of Guelph
InventorsMansel Griffiths, Maira Medellin-Pena, Veronique Delcenserie
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Abstract
This invention provides isolated and characterized secreted molecules from probiotic bacteria for use in compositions and methods for the treatment and/or prevention of infection by harmful pathogenic bacteria. The isolated secreted molecules can also be used in nutritional or medical food products which provide probiotics to the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal.
Claims3
1-24. (canceled)
A method for preventing and/or therapeutically treating infections by Escherichia coli O157:H7 and/or Salmonela in a mammal, the method comprising administering to said mammal an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more secreted molecules from a probiotic bacterium selected from Lactobacillus acidophilus (La-5), Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactococcus Lactis, Streptococcus thermophilus, Bifidobacterium longum, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Bifidobacterium infantis, Bifidobacterium crudilactis, Streptococcus thermophilus and combinations thereof.
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