Human milk oligosaccharides and Bifidobacterium species

Cassie R Bakshani; Lucy I Crouch

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2023.11.015

Human milk oligosaccharides and Bifidobacterium species

Trends Microbiol. 2024 Feb;32(2):118-119. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2023.11.015. Epub 2023 Dec 11.

Authors

Cassie R Bakshani¹, Lucy I Crouch²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
² Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. Electronic address: l.i.crouch@bham.ac.uk.

PMID: 38087708
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2023.11.015

Abstract

Several bacterial species initially colonise the infant gut, but are outcompeted. Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in breast milk create an environment for Bifidobacterium to flourish. Laursen and Roager recently showed a clear link between breast milk and the dominance of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis in the infant gut.

MeSH terms

Bifidobacterium*
Female
Humans
Infant
Milk, Human*
Oligosaccharides

Substances

Oligosaccharides