Bifidobacterium bifidum VPro 51 and Altered Dominant Intestinal Bacterial Composition

• Consumption of a Bifidobacterium bifidum Strain for 4 Weeks Modulates Dominant Intestinal Bacterial Taxa and Fecal Butyrate in Healthy Adults

  • 2016-10
  • RCT
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82(19)
  • • G. Gargari
    • Valentina Taverniti
    • S. Balzaretti
    • C. Ferrario
    • C. Gardana
    • P. Simonetti
    • S. Guglielmetti

  • PubMed: 27451450
  • DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01753-16

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  • Altered Dominant Intestinal Bacterial Composition

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  • Rigorous Journal

  The intake of approximately one billion live B. bifidum cells affected the relative abundance of dominant taxa in the fecal microbiota and modulated fecal butyrate levels. Specifically, Prevotellaceae (P = 0.041) and Prevotella (P = 0.034) were significantly decreased, whereas Ruminococcaceae (P = 0.039) and Rikenellaceae (P = 0.010) were significantly increased.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes