Lactic Acid Bacterium Growth Enhancer, Regulatory T-Cell Number Increasing Agent, Method of Enhancing Growth of Lactic Acid Bacterium, Method of Increasing Number of Regulatory T-Cells, Method of Evaluating Regulatory T-Cell Number Increasing Effect, and Method of Evaluating Lactic Acid Growth Enhancing Effect
申请人:TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION
公开号:US20160002364A1
公开(公告)日:2016-01-07
A growth enhancer for
Lactobacillus murinus, Lactobacillus salivarius
, or a bacterium that belongs to the genus
Lactobacillus
and that has a homology of 16S rDNA of 90% or higher with
Lactobacillus murinus
or
Lactobacillus salivarius
includes a β-glucan having a molecular weight of from 0.2 K to 50 K. A regulatory T-cell number increasing agent, a method of enhancing growth of a lactic acid bacterium, a method of increasing the number of regulatory T-cells, a method of evaluating a regulatory T-cell number increasing effect, and a method of evaluating a growth enhancing effect on a lactic acid bacterium are also provided.