SPECIFIC BACTERIA FOR USE AS A DRUG, IN PARTICULAR TO COMBAT OVERWEIGHT, OBESITY, CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASES AND INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

摘要

The object of the invention are compositions and medical treatment methods with an inheritable, Gram-negative, strictly anaerobic and commensal bacterium of the family Christensenellaceae belonging to an OTU (Operational Taxonomic Unit) characterized by a 16S rRNA sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 or to an OTU characterized by a165 rRNA sequence SEQ ID NO: 2.