Bifidobacterium bifidum and Reduced Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Colonization

• Synbiotic intervention with Bifidobacterium bifidum and prebiotics reduces enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli colonization.

  • 2026-02
  • Letters in applied microbiology 79(2)
  • • Wanqiu Sha
    • Anqi Su
    • Hong Cheng
    • Ning Dong
    • Jia Fu
    • Liang Zhu
    • Guoqing Tao
    • Yunxin Xue
    • Hongwei Cui
    • Dai Wang

  • PubMed: 41636800
  • DOI: 10.1093/lambio/ovag019

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Colonization

  • Low evidence

  In a murine infection model, B. bifidum alone reduced total intestinal EHEC colonization, whereas inulin alone was ineffective. The combination of IMO and B. bifidum markedly suppressed EHEC colonization, particularly in the colon (five-fold reduction)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate