This invention relates to the field of microbial
pharmaceutical technology, specifically disclosing the application of *Blautia Obeum* in the preparation of drugs for the prevention and treatment of depression, representing a novel use of probiotics for
antidepressant purposes. This invention is the first to apply *Blautia Obeum* to the prevention and treatment of depression. This strain can be prepared in various forms, including live bacterial preparations, inactivated bacterial cells, bacterial lysates, metabolites, or bacterial extracts, combined with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients to formulate various oral microecological preparations, including conventional dosage forms such as tablets, capsules, enteric-coated preparations, and oral liquids. The drugs can effectively improve core clinical symptoms of depression, such as low
mood, loss of interest, sleep disorders,
anxiety, and
irritability, by regulating intestinal
flora homeostasis, repairing intestinal
barrier function, and modulating the brain-gut axis signaling pathway. It is suitable for the prevention and treatment of various types of depression, including
major depressive disorder,
postpartum depression, geriatric depression, and chronic stress-induced depression. The strain used in this invention is safe and highly compatible, and the preparation is convenient to administer, providing a novel microecological intervention scheme for the clinical prevention and treatment of depression, overcoming some limitations of existing
antidepressant methods, and possessing good prospects for pharmaceutical development.