Bifidobacterium infantis and Improved Gut Microbiota Colonization

• Bifidobacterium infantis-a key (late) colonizer of the infant gut?

  • 2026-02-24
  • Clinical Trial
  • mSphere 11(2)
  • • Martin F Laursen

  • PubMed: 41586590
  • DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00851-25

  1 Insight on

  • Improved Gut Microbiota Colonization

  • Moderate evidence

  supplementation with B. infantis EVC001 in exclusively breastfed U.S. infants aged 2-4 months leads to rapid and abundant colonization that persists 1 month after supplementation, demonstrating effective colonization beyond the neonatal period

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large