Bifidobacterium plantarum and Improved Gastrointestinal Symptoms

• Adjunctive probiotic therapy sustains symptom relief in gastroesophageal reflux disease through gut microbiome-metabolome remodeling.

  • 2026-02-17
  • RCT
  • mSystems 11(2)
  • • Yingmeng Li
    • Qiong Li
    • Keyu Quan
    • Yong Xie
    • Ni Yang
    • Teng Ma
    • Longjin Zheng
    • Wei Zhou
    • Yalin Li
    • Hao Jin
    • Zhihong Sun
    • Yongfu Chen
    • Lai-Yu Kwok
    • Nonghua Lu
    • Weifeng Zhu
    • Wenjun Liu
    • Heping Zhang

  • PubMed: 41609355
  • DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01568-25

  8 Insights on

  • Improved Gastrointestinal Symptoms

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  adjunctive probiotic therapy sustains post-PPI symptom relief

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

• Collection of human bacteria at University of Tartu, Estonia.

  • 2026-02-12
  • Microbiology resource announcements 15(2)
  • • Reet Mändar
    • Hugo Mändar
    • Tiiu Rööp
    • Marika Mikelsaar

  • PubMed: 41432456
  • DOI: 10.1128/mra.00758-25

  5 Insights on

  • Improved Gastrointestinal Symptoms

  • Low evidence

  consuming Bifidobacterium plantarum? ... What are the observed health outcomes of consuming Bifidobacterium plantarum?

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small