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 method for inhibiting microbial growth on a surface, wherein the method comprises applying to the surface a microbial growth-inhibiting amount of a composition comprising a bioactive Lactobacillus fermentum strain having an Accession No. PTA-122195 grown as a biofilm.
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