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Granted Patent B2
US 12,509,677 · App. 17/606,292 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Probiotic strains having increased storage stability

Inventors: Michael Dauner (Wilmington, DE); Gerda Saxer Quance (Wilmington, DE); Steven Keith Williams (Corinth, TX)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL N&H DENMARK APS
C12N15/01C12N1/205C12R2001/23
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Patent No.
US 12,509,677
App. No.
17/606,292
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Evolved strains of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are provided. The evolved strains have probiotic properties and have enhanced storage stability in both wet and dry conditions. The strains of the invention contain key genetic mutations and phenotypic alterations as compared with wild-type.

Claims (1)

1 . A heat evolved strain of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis deposited with the DSMZ under number DSM 33461 on 4 Mar. 2020 (BBi 6.6).

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 6, 2024
From: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS
To: INTERNATIONAL N&H DENMARK APS
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