MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517097032 A) filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha, Tokyo, on Oct. 8, for 'method for transforming bacterium belonging to genus bifidobacterium.'
Inventor(s) include Watanabe, Yohei; and Hara, Taeko.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a method for efficiently transforming a bacterium belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium. The method for transforming a bacterium belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium comprises bringing the bacterium belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium as a recipient into contact with a bacterium ...