Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Novel Bacterium Belonging To Genus Bifidobacterium' Filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha

MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517097381 A) filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha, Tokyo, on Oct. 9, for 'novel bacterium belonging to genus bifidobacterium.'

Inventor(s) include Watanabe, Yohei; Shibata, Junko; Kasahara, Kohei; Morita, Yuki; and Gomi, Atsushi.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a bacterium belonging to Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum, capable of utilizing a xylan compound, and having excellent survivability in a milk component-containing culture medium. The bacterium belonging to Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum carries a xylanase gene on the genome thereof and has higher survivability than that of Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum YIT 11057 (NITE BP-02930) in a milk component-containing culture medium."

The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 29, 2024, under International application No.PCT/JP2024/012978.

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