Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and Enhanced Functional Traits

• Genome-Based Evaluation of Safety and Probiotic Traits in Infant Feces-Sourced Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BD1.

  • 2026-01-15
  • Foods (Basel, Switzerland) 15(2)
  • • Meng Tian
    • Zihao Liu
    • Jiahang Li
    • Jialin Wang
    • Dayong Ren
    • Yue Leng

  • PubMed: 41596914
  • DOI: 10.3390/foods15020316

  4 Insights on

  • Enhanced Functional Traits

  • Low evidence

  BD1 is rich in CAZymes, enabling superior utilization of diverse substrates (starch, sucrose, galactose). Enrichment in lipid metabolism pathways (glycerolipid, sphingolipid) further suggests potential for enhancing fermented product flavor.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate