Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis and Increased Beneficial Indole Derivative Production

• Indole Derivatives Biosynthesis in Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis and the Tryptophan Substrate Availability.

  • 2025-06
  • Microbial biotechnology 18(6)
  • • Shi-Min Zhang
    • Hui-Chu Wu
    • Jia-He Hung
    • Shir-Ly Huang

  • PubMed: 40524432
  • DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.70167

  1 Insight on

  • Increased Beneficial Indole Derivative Production

  • Low evidence

  B. infantis ATCC 15697 to biosynthesise indole-3-lactate (ILA), indole-3-acetate (IAA), and indole-3-carboxaldehyde (I3CA)... highlighting the nutrient-driven effect of these metabolic pathways.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate