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Bifidobacterium bifidum ATCC 15696 and Bifidobacterium breve 24b Metabolic Interaction Based on 2′- O -Fucosyl-Lactose Studied in Steady-State Cultures in a Freter-Style Chemostat

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: This study addresses the microbiology and function of a natural ecosystem (the infant bowel) using in vitro experimentation with bacterial cultures maintained under controlled growth and environmental conditions. We studied the growth of bifidobacteria whose nutrition centered on the hydrolysis of a human milk oligosaccharide. The results revealed responses relating to metabolism occurring in a Bifidobacterium bifidum strain when it provided nutrients that allowed the growth of Bifidobacterium breve , and so discovered biochemical features of these bifidobacteria in relation to metabolic interaction in the shared environment. These kinds of experiments are essential in developing concepts of bifidobacterial ecology that relate to the development of the gut microbiota in early life.

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/aem.02783-18

Authors: Manuela Centanni, Scott A. Ferguson, Ian M. Sims, Ambarish Biswas, Gerald W. Tannock

Institutions: University of Otago, Victoria University of Wellington, Ferrier Research Institute, Riddet Institute

Language: English

Topic: Infant Nutrition and Health

Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2913630788

FWCI: 5.425

Cites: 60

Cited by: 53

Related to: 10