Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Whole live micro-organism – cell – or virus containing – Bacteria or actinomycetales
Patent
1997-09-05
2000-04-18
Marx, Irene
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Whole live micro-organism, cell, or virus containing
Bacteria or actinomycetales
4352525, 435839, 435 29, 435264, A01N 6300, C12N 120, C12Q 102
Patent
active
060512199
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an oral composition for animals; more specifically, the present invention relates to an oral composition containing Bacillus subtilis Kubota for animals.
PRIOR ART
A vast amount of feces and urine is discharged from pigs, poultry and other livestock during feeding in pig-pens, poultry farms and various livestock houses, from which a very strong unpleasant odor evolves, causing a serious pollution problem.
A bad odor from feces and urine is generated not only from livestock farmers but also from pets in individual homes and animals and fish and shellfish in zoos and aquariums. Therefore, there is a need to deodorize the odor.
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED BY THE INVENTION
Taking into account such demands from the industry, it is an object of the present invention to develop a new system capable of deodorizing a wide variety of excreta from not only livestock but also from pets and other animals and birds, efficiently in a simple fashion.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present inventor has made investigations from various angles so as to attain the object. Focusing attention on the current status of using microorganisms such as yeast, vibrio and activated sludge as the bacteria for treating sewage, the present inventor has further screened useful bacterial strains as scum treating bacteria and deodorizing bacteria. Then, the inventor has successfully separated a bacterial strain from soil, which can reduce scum when used as a sewage treating bacterium and has a remarkable deodorizing effect.
It is confirmed that the bacterial strain thus separated bacteriologically belongs to Bacillus subtilis, but the useful properties thereof such as scum reduction and deodorizing action cannot be observed in conventional Bacillus subtilis strains. Therefore, the separated strain has been regarded as a new bacterial strain of Bacillus subtilis and named Bacillus subtilis Kubota.
The bacterial strain has been deposited under Bacillus subtilis Kubota FERM BP-5847 in the National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Japan. This deposit is the deposit transferred on Mar. 3, 1997 from the National deposit No. FERM P-9643 deposited in Oct. 8, 1987.
Bacillus subtilis Kubota (sometimes referred to as "the bacterial strain" or "BSK bacterium" hereinbelow) directly sprayed on feces and urine can efficiently deodorize feces and urine. An extremely useful novel finding has been obtained unexpectedly that when the bacterial strain is administered orally, feces and urine with no bad odor are excreted.
Accordingly, the inventor has found not only direct deodorizing effect of the BSK bacterium to deodorize feces and urine if the bacterium is applied directly to feces and urine but also so-called indirect deodorizing effect of the BSK bacterium to deodorize feces and urine when the bacterium is orally administered, and have continued further investigations. Thus, the present invention has been attained.
In other words, the present invention is essentially based on the technical concept of an oral composition containing Bacillus subtilis Kubota for animals.
The present invention will now be described below in detail.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In the present invention, Bacillus subtilis Kubota (BSK bacterium; FERM BP-5847) is used as the deodorizing micro-organism. As has been described above, the BSK bacterium is regarded bacteriologically to belong to Bacillus subtilis, but characteristically the bacterium has an excellent usefulness such as deodorizing action.
The bacteriological properties are described below.
Short and small bacillus (1.2-1.4.times.3.6-3.8 .mu.m).
No specific polymorphism. Being surrounded with cell membrane and having a nucleus. Also having spore, characteristically, with septum observed. Ltd.).
Inoculating the bacterium suspender in a physiological saline onto a meat broth agar plate, for cultivation at 37.degree. C. for 24 hours, a good growth is obserbed.
The periphery of the cology is of R-typ
REFERENCES:
patent: 4996055 (1991-02-01), Kurasawa
patent: 5540924 (1996-07-01), Onishi et al.
patent: 5549890 (1996-08-01), Kubo
Afremova Vera
Marx Irene
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