Patent · US Expired

Method of determining the presence of an antibiotic produced by Lactobacillus reuteri

US5352586A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

BIOGAIA AB · SE

Inventors

Walter J. Dobrogosz · Raleigh, US
Sven E. Lindgren · Uppsala, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 1991
Grant date	Oct 4, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 18, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S435/853
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The antibiotic reuterin is obtained by cultivating strains of Lactobacillus reuteri under controlled conditions. Reuterin has inhibitory activity against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, against yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and against the protozoan, Trypanosoma cruzi. Reuterin producing strains are identified by grown inhibition of susceptible microorganisms in the presence of glycerol or glyceraldehyde.

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