Carbapenemases for use with antibiotics for the protection of the intestinal microbiome
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICS INC
- Publication Date
- 2016-09-01
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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PRIORITY
[0001] This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos. 62 / 119,602, filed Feb. 23, 2015, 62 / 155,621, filed May 1, 2015, and 62 / 190,806, filed Jul. 10, 2015, the entire contents of all of which are incorporated by reference herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates, in part, to various compositions and methods for protecting the gastrointestinal microbiome from antibiotic disruption.DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXT FILE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY
[0003] The contents of the text file submitted electronically herewith are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety: A computer readable format copy of the Sequence Listing (filename: SYN-010_Sequencelisting.txt; date recorded: Feb. 22, 2016; file size: 144 KB).BACKGROUND
[0004] The gastrointestinal (GI) tract, which houses over one thousand distinct bacterial species and an estimated excess of 1×1014 microorganisms, appears to be central in defining human host health status an...