MICROBIAL METHOD FOR REPRODUCING THE HUMAN UROLITHIN METABOTYPES IN VITRO AND IN VIVO

CSIC has isolated and characterized from the intestine of a healthy woman a novel bacteria strain that produces urolithins and developed novel gut bacterial consortia comprising the mentioned novel bacterium and other bacteria wherein the consortia produce the mix of urolithins of metabotypes A or B, respectively, either in vitro or in vivo, including the newly characterized urolithin G. The microorganism, the novel urolithin, and the method for naturally producing all the human urolithins of both metabotypes are part of a patent application assigned to CSIC.

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