ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,794, issued on July 8, was assigned to ENTEROBIOME INC. (Goyang-si, South Korea).

"Medium supplement for high-yield industrial culture of fastidious anaerobes and medium composition containing the same" was invented by Jae-Gu Seo (Gimpo-si, South Korea) and Do-Kyung Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium supplement for high-yield culture of anaerobes is disclosed. The medium supplement includes N-acetylhexosamine, L-aspartic acid, L-cysteine and cobalamin. A culture medium including the supplement and a culture method using the culture medium are also disclosed. It is possible to provide an innovative method w...