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Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Probio-M8 undergoes host adaptive evolution by glcU mutation and translocates to the infant's gut via oral-/entero-mammary routes through lactation.
Microbiome - 22 Nov 2022
Zhong Zhi, Tang Hai, Shen Tingting, Ma Xinwei, Zhao Feiyan, Kwok Lai-Yu, Sun Zhihong, Bilige Menghe, Zhang Heping
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Most previous studies attempting to prove the phenomenon of mother-to-infant microbiota transmission were observational, performed only at genus/species-level resolution, and relied entirely on non-culture-based methodologies, impeding interpretation. RESULTS: This work aimed to use a biomarker strain, Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Probio-M8 (M8), to directly evaluate the vertical...
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