Lactobacillus acidophilus L-92 and Altered Lactobacilli Composition

• Culture-based studies of intestinal lactobacilli in young people and centenarians.

  • 2026-03-10
  • Observational
  • Frontiers in microbiology 17
  • • Imbi Smidt
    • Tiiu Roop
    • Reet Mandar
    • Jelena Stsepetova
    • Siiri Koljalg
    • Kalle Kilk
    • Indrek Soidla
    • Mare Ainsaar
    • Helgi Kolk
    • Epp Sepp

  • PubMed: 41883793
  • DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1746411

  3 Insights on

  • Altered Lactobacilli Composition

  • Low evidence

  Centenarians showed greater species richness and a higher relative proportion of lactobacilli. Isolates from centenarians exhibited distinct carbohydrate fermentation patterns and metabolic profiles.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small