Bioprospecting for Novel Probiotic Strains from Human Milk and Infants: Molecular, Biochemical, and Ultrastructural Evidence.

ABSTRACT: Human milk comprises a diverse array of microbial communities with health-promoting effects, including colonization and development of the infant's gut. In this study, we characterized the bacterial communities in the Egyptian mother-infant pairs during the first year of life under normal breastfeeding conditions. Out of one hundred isolates, forty-one were chosen for their potential probiotic properties. The selected isolates were profiled in terms of morphological and biochemical properties. The taxonomic evidence of these isolates was investigated based on 16S rRNA gene sequence and phylogenetic trees between the isolates' sequence and the nearest sequences in the database. The taxonomic and biochemical evidence displayed that the isolates were encompassed in three genera: Lactobacil

SUBMITTER: Mahmoud SYM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9598434 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature