METHOD FOR SELECTING NON-PATHOGENIC GRAM POSITIVE LACTIC ACID BACTERIAL STRAINS TO FIGHT INFECTIONS WITH PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

摘要

Selecting strains of non-pathogenic, Gram-positive lactic acid bacteria (A), useful for controlling infections by pathogenic bacteria (B) in which pathogenicity depends on adhesion to tissue, is new. Selection is based on ability of (A) to adhere to tissue in an organ susceptible to infection by (B), to adhere to other (A) through mutual adhesion sites, and to bind to attachment determinants of (B). An Independent claim is also included for a therapeutic composition containing (A).