Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 Exopolysaccharide Modulates the Early Life Microbiota by Acting as a Potential Dietary Substrate.

Püngel D., Treveil A., Dalby M. J., Caim S., Colquhoun I. J., Booth C., Ketskemety J., Korcsmaros T., van Sinderen D., Lawson M. A., Hall L. J.. (2020)

Nutrients, 12

Bifidobacterium represents an important early life microbiota member. Specific bifidobacterial components, exopolysaccharides (EPS), positively modulate host responses, with purified EPS also suggested to impact microbe-microbe interactions by acting as a nutrient substrate. Thus, we determined the longitudinal effects of bifidobacterial EPS on microbial communities and metabolite profiles using an infant model colon system.

Nutrients, 12

View Publication