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

摘要

The invention relates to a heritable, commensal, gram-negative bacterium that is strictly anaerobic and non-spore-forming, from the family Christensenellaceae and belonging to an operational taxonomic unit (OTU) characterised by an rRNA sequence 16S SEQ ID N°2, for use as a drug. The invention also relates to compositions comprising such a bacterium.