Lactobacillus amylovorus and Increased Intestinal Lactobacillus amylovorus Dominance

• Amino acid utilization allows intestinal dominance of Lactobacillus amylovorus.

  • 2022-07-27
  • The ISME journal 16(11)
  • • Yujia Jing
    • Chunlong Mu
    • Huisong Wang
    • Junhua Shen
    • Erwin G Zoetendal
    • Weiyun Zhu

  • PubMed: 35896730
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41396-022-01287-8

  1 Insight on

  • Increased Intestinal Lactobacillus amylovorus Dominance

  • Low evidence
  • Animal Study

  Lactobacillus amylovorus is a predominant species in the small intestine of pigs... an increased capability of utilizing PBAAs contributes to the dominance of L. amylovorus, indicating amino acid utilization as a deterministic factor affecting intestinal microbial distribution.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate