Patent ID: 7951385

Claim:
A method of treating a bacterial infection caused by any one or more of Acinetobacter baumanii; Bacillus cereus; Clostridium tyrobutyricum; Enterobacter cloacae; Escherichia coli; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Listeria innocua; Pseudomonas auringinosa; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus carnosus; Streptococcus caprinus; Streptococcus ( Enterococcus ) faecalis ; or Streptococcus pneumoniae in an animal or human, the method including the step of exposing an infected area of the animal or human to a substance or composition including a therapeutically effective amount of a substantially pure culture of Enterococcus mundtii strain ST4SA deposited with the ATCC under the assigned number PTA-7278, said culture capable of producing peptide ST4SA in a recoverable quantity upon fermentation in a nutrient medium containing assimilable sources of carbon, nitrogen, and inorganic substances.