BIFIDOBACTERIA THAT PRODUCES FOLIC ACID, FOOD COMPOSITION AND USE OF SAID BIFIDOBACTERIA

摘要

A bacterial strain of human origin belonging to the species Bifidobacterium animalis identified as PTA-9175 which produces between 120 ng/ml to 398 ng/ml of folic acid and which can be used as a probiotic in food compositions. The Bifidobacterium animalis strain is deposited with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) in the United States of America, under the Budapest Treaty, dated on April 23, 2008, and respectively identified with the ATCC deposit designation number for patent as PTA-9175.