New Lactobacillus strain that enhance immune activity

Protect human and animals from viruses by Immunobiotics

Overview

　Rotavirus is a major cause of acute enteritis in infants and young livestock. It kills 500,000 people per year, mainly in developing countries, and also causes enormous economic losses to livestock production.
Inventors focus on immunobiotics and found that new Ligilactobacillus and Lactiplantibacillus strains enhance anti-viral immune activity.

・Isolation of several anti-virus immune-enhancing Ligilactobacillus and Lactiplantibacillus strains from the small intestine of Wakame-fed pigs.
・These strains are deposited in NITE in Japan.

Features・Outstandings

Product Application

・Animal Feeds
・Health functional foods

Related Works

[1] Frontiers in Immunology 12:652923, 1-22 (2021).
[2] Microorganisms, 8:1659, 1-30 (2020).
[3] Animal Science Journal, 90, 1248–1260 (2019).

IP Data

IP No.　 ： WO2021/241728
Inventor ： KITAZAWA Haruki, ASO Hisashi, OTSUBO Wakako
keyword ： Immunobiotics, Lactobacillus, animalfeed, Healthfunctionalfood