| abstract |
The present invention pertains to a novel microorganism of the genus Bifidobacterium longum, in particular to its genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Bifidobacterium NCC2705 (CNCM I-2618), which are secreted or specific or which are involved in the metabolism, in the replication process, and to polypeptides encoded by such sequences as well as to vectors including the said sequences and cells or non-human animals transformed with these nucleotide sequences and vectors, respectively. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Bifidobacteruim genome and to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides. The invention eventually comprises a data carrier comprising the nucleotide sequence and/or polypeptide sequence of NCC2705 and also pertains to food and pharmaceutical compositions containing said microorganism for the prevention and/or treatment of diarrhea brought about by rotaviruses and pathogenic bacteria containg said Bifidobcterium. <IMAGE> |