Bifidobacterium plantarum and Activation of Stress Response Pathways

• Lactic acid bacteria isolated from mammalian feces exhibit distinct diversity and probiotic traits.

  • 2026-03-10
  • World journal of microbiology & biotechnology 42(3)
  • • Maria Isabela da Silva Figueiredo
    • Ivani Souza Mello
    • Luana de Guimarães Bueno
    • Risya Regina Westphal Mendes
    • Jonathan Mádson Dos Santos Almeida
    • Alan Eriksson
    • Gilvan Ferreira da Silva
    • Marcos Antônio Soares

  • PubMed: 41803472
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11274-026-04801-8

  6 Insights on

  • Activation of Stress Response Pathways

  • Low evidence

  The proportion of C. elegans with nuclear DAF-16 increased among worms fed with L. plantarum PA17, PA19, or PA27 (40% to 96%) compared to worms fed with the E. coli OP50 control (22%). The sod-3 and gcs-1 genes were more expressed in C. elegans fed with L. plantarum PA27.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate