PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To find out new uses of a new strain of a bacterium belonging to Phascolarctobacterium, and to enrich the technology.SOLUTION: A food and a drink, a diarrhea-preventing agent, a lipid metabolism-improving agent or a propionic acid production-promoting agent is characterized by including a bacterium belonging to Phascolarctobacterium, which produces propionic acid in an amount of ≥10 mM, when cultured in a culture medium containing succinic acid in an amount of 20 mM for 12 hours.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】ファスコラークトバクテリウム属細菌の新菌種の新規用途を見出し、技術を豊富化する。【解決手段】コハク酸を20mM含有する培養培地で12時間培養したときに、プロピオン酸を10mM以上産生するファスコラークトバクテリウム(Phascolarctobacterium)属細菌を含有することを特徴とする飲食品、下痢予防・防止剤、脂質代謝改善剤、プロピオン酸産生促進剤。【選択図】図2
