The genome sequence of
Bifidobacterium longum subsp infantis reveals adaptations for milk utilization within the infant microbiome.
Moreover,
Bifidobacterium improves ulcerative colitis in patients (Ishikawa et al.
Selection and characterisation of Lactobacillus and
Bifidobacterium strains for use as probiotics.
Two responses were studied in this research: survival of Lactobacillus and survival of
Bifidobacterium. The experimental design was a Box Behncken Design (BBD; Box and Behncken, 1960) with three factors and three levels.
Growth and viability of commercial
Bifidobacterium ssp in skim milk containing oligosaccharides and inulin.
As babies, the heavy kids had fewer
Bifidobacterium and higher amounts of staph.
Bifidobacterium microbes were twice as abundant in the poop of infants who grew up to be kids of a healthy weight than of those who became overweight, the researchers report in the March American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Two studies have included more than 100 patients and showed improvements over placebo groups when treatments included four probiotics or an encapsulated form of
Bifidobacterium infantis.
The probiotic strains that companies add to foods are mainly members of the Lactobacillus and
Bifidobacterium species.
Following serial dilutions, 100 mL of
bifidobacterium was planted into selective agar medium (BSM, Oxoid, USA).