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Use of hydrogenotrophic acetogenic strains for preventing or treating digestive disorders

  • US 7,749,494 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2001
  • Issued: 07/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating gastrointestinal disorders related to the production of hydrogen in the gastrointestinal tract in a mammal, the method comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a composition comprising Ruminococcus hydrogenotrophicus wherein said method does not remove any existing enteric microbial flora prior to administering said composition orally or rectally and wherein said composition modulates the balance of the microbial flora in the colon and reduces the amount of gaseous hydrogen produced by the existing flora.

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