Bifidobacterium bifidum VPro 51 and Altered Fecal Butyrate Levels

• 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 Fecal Butyrate Levels

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  We also observed that the probiotic intervention modulated the fecal concentrations of butyrate in a manner dependent on the initial levels of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Moderate