Sonia Mirjam Rizzo, Laura Maria Vergna, Giulia Alessandri, Ciaran Lee, Federico Fontana, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Luca Carnevali, Massimiliano G Bianchi, Margherita Barbetti, Giuseppe Taurino, Andrea Sgoifo, Ovidio Bussolati, Francesca Turroni, Douwe van Sinderen, Marco Ventura
Bifidobacteria are commensal microorganisms that typically inhabit the mammalian gut, including that of humans. As they may be vertically transmitted, they commonly colonize the human intestine from the very first day following birth and may persist until adulthood and old age, although generally at a reduced relative abundance and prevalence compared to infancy. The ability of bifidobacteria to persist in the human intestinal environment has been attributed to genes involved in adhesion to epithelial cells and the encoding of complex carbohydrate-degrading enzymes...
January 25, 2024: Microbial Biotechnology