The invention relates to microorganisms, in particular to a method for screening a
trimethylamine lyase inhibitor by utilizing microorganisms. The method for screening the
trimethylamine lyase inhibitor by utilizing microorganisms is characterized by comprising the following steps: inoculating a specific culture medium only containing cholineinoculator with
Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 13883 servingas an indicator; adding a substance to be screened into the culture medium at a concentration lower than the
minimum inhibitory concentration, and carrying out anaerobic culture for 12-48 hours at 37DEG C; and taking a culture solution, determining the content of
trimethylamine, taking a culture solution without the to-be-detected substance as a contrast, and indicating that the substance can inhibit microorganisms from converting
choline to generate trimethylamine and is a trimethylamine
lyase inhibitor when the content of trimethylamine is lower than that of a control group; The method hasthe advantages of quickness, simplicity, convenience, easiness in operation, low
reagent demand, capability of performing high-
throughput screening and accurate result.