Lung microbiome isolation and cultivation

Authors

Andreas Seyfang
Nirmal S. Sharma

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

October 2023

Patent Number

11788155

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method to isolate and cultivate the lung microbiome obtained from bronchoalveolar lavage. The disclosed method involves lung microbiome culturomics based on three different media for both aerobic and fastidious anaerobic bacteria. The disclosed method allows for amplification of the lung microbiome, which can be used, for example, for subsequent testing of antibiotic sensitivity, drug resistance, or for lung microbiome transplantation.

Application Number

16/893579

Recommended Citation

Seyfang, Andreas and Sharma, Nirmal S., "Lung microbiome isolation and cultivation" (2023). USF Patents. 1366.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/1366

Assignees

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Filing Date

06/05/2020