MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517097381 A) filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha, Tokyo, on Oct. 9, for 'novel bacterium belonging to genus bifidobacterium.'
Inventor(s) include Watanabe, Yohei; Shibata, Junko; Kasahara, Kohei; Morita, Yuki; and Gomi, Atsushi.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a bacterium belonging to Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum, capable of utilizing a xylan compound, and having excellent survivability in a milk component-containing culture medium. The bacterium belonging to Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum carries a xyl...