	US 12,150,968 B2
	Method for reducing the transfer of pathogenic microorganisms
Charlotte Vedel, Copenhagen (DK); Ida Blomquist Jørgensen, Copenhagen (DK); and Søren Kjærulff, Copenhagen (DK)
Assigned to L'Oreal S.A., Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 17/272,640
Filed by Lactobio A/S, Copenhagen (DK)
PCT Filed Aug. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/071343 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 1, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/052869, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2018 00557 (DK), filed on Sep. 10, 2018; and application No. PA 2019 00468 (DK), filed on Apr. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000948 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A61K 35/747 (2015.01); A61K 35/744 (2015.01); A61P 31/04 (2006.01)

CPC A61K 35/747 (2013.01) [A61K 35/744 (2013.01); A61P 31/04 (2018.01)]

40 Claims

1. A composition comprising at least one isolated lactic acid bacterium, wherein the at least one lactic acid bacterium in the composition is freeze-dried, the at least one isolated lactic acid bacterium has a genetic homology of at least 95% to a 16S rRNA gene of one or more of the bacterial strains selected from the group consisting of:

Weissella viridescens LB10G, which is deposited as DSM 32906,

Lactobacillus paracasei LB113R, which is deposited as DSM 32907,

Lactobacillus plantarum LB244R, which is deposited as DSM 32996,

Lactobacillus paracasei LB116R, which is deposited as DSM 32908,

Enterococcus faecium LB276R, which is deposited as DSM 32997,

Lactobacillus plantarum LB316R, which is deposited as DSM 33091,

Leuconostoc mesenteriodes LB341R,

Leuconostoc mesenteriodes LB349R, which is deposited as DSM 33093,

Lactobacillus plantarum LB356R, which is deposited as DSM 33094, and

Lactobacillus plantarum LB312R, which is deposited as DSM 33098,

and the composition decreases the transfer of a pathogenic microorganism between a surface of a first subject and a surface of a second subject, wherein the composition is formulated into an emulsion; an oil; a gum; a paste; a talc; a lotion; a custard; a foam; a creme; a gel; an ointment; a suspension; a mist; or a liquid.