NOVEL LACTOBACILLUS, LIVING BODY ACTIVATING LACTOBACILLUS PREPARATION AND PREVENTIVE OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT AGAINST LIVING BODY INFECTION

摘要

Growth of lactobacilli truly beneficial for living body as probiotics and growth of lactobacilli which are fixed to and multiply on seats of chronic infection whose treatment causes hardship and exert powerful clarifying capability while eliminating causative bacteria so as to overcome infections have been attained by growing lactobacillus casei species having the followi ng main properties. (1) The species can be grown in the presence of any of one to four amino acids as a nutrient nitrogen source. (2) When a growth promoting culture medium is inoculated with the species and Escherichia coli in the sa me count and subjected to anaerobic mixed culturing at 37~C, the final count of lactobacilli is 50% or more of the coliform count. (3) Upon cultivation in a n appropriate culture medium, the final pH value is 4.0 or below, and the highest acidity is 1.5% or over. (4) The species is resistant to 5% bile salts. (5) The species produces an antibiotic.