Genotyping and plant-derived glycan utilization analysis of Bifidobacterium strains from mother-infant pairs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bifidobacteria are important probiotics; some of the beneficial effects of bifidobacteria are achieved by the hydrolysis of glycans in the human gut. However, because the diet of breastfed infants typically lacks plant-derived glycans, in the gut environment of mothers and their breastfed infants, the mother will intake a variety of plant-derived glycans, such as from onions and bananas, through her diet. Under this assumption, we are interested in whether the same species of bifidobacteria isolated from mother-infant pairs present a distinction in their hydrolysis of plant-derived carbohydrates.

Results

Among the 36 Bifidobacterium strains, bifidobacterial carbohydrate utilization showed two trends related to the intestinal environment where the bacteria lived. C

SUBMITTER: Kan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7488109 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature