Bifidobacterium breve and Increased Trichomonas Vaginalis Growth

• Bifidobacterium breve promotes growth and lipid alteration in Trichomonas vaginalis transiently through transcriptomic reprogramming.

  • 2026-02-13
  • Scientific reports 16(1)
  • • Pei-Yun Chen
    • Yuan-Ming Yeh
    • Chun-Hsien Chen
    • Ming-Chi Li
    • Yu-Tzu Hsu
    • Po-Jung Huang
    • Wei-Hung Cheng

  • PubMed: 41688526
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-38866-0

  3 Insights on

  • Increased Trichomonas Vaginalis Growth

  • Low evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  Co-culture of T. vaginalis with B. breve for 4 h significantly increased protozoan proliferation by 1.2-fold

  Effect

  Harmful

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes