MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617074469 A) filed by Higher Mount Co. , Ltd. on June 16, 2026, for New Strain Of Clostridium Butyricum Having Butyric Acid Production Ability.
Inventor includes Takayama Hirotaka.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a butyric acid bacterium that can be utilized more safely as an active ingredient of an intestinal regulator and the like. The present invention relates to Clostridium butyricum that produces n-butyric acid and has all of the following features (1)-(3). (1) No D-xylose assimilation ability. (2) No D-trehalose assimilation ability. (3) The amount of formic acid contained in the culture broth after 72 hours of anaerobic culture at 37°C is less than that of NBRC 13949T, which is the Clostridium butyricum reference strain.
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