Patent ID: 8034601
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: A23C,A23K,A61K,A61P,C12N,C12R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A biologically pure strain isolated from resected and washed feline gastrointestinal tract having probiotic activity selected from the group consisting of Bifidobacterium lonqum, Bifidobacterium animalis, Bifidobacterium adolescentis, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Bifidobacterium infantis and Bifidobacterium thermophilum , said strain consisting of the 16s-23s intergenic polynucleotide sequence that has at least 95% homology to the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1 or at least 94% homology to the DNA sequence of SEQ. ID NO. 2.