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

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Adults

  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