Live bacteria (such as probiotics) have long been used to modulate gut microbiota and
human physiology, but their colonization is mostly transient. Conceptual understanding of�…

Bifidobacteria are among the earliest and most abundant bacterial colonizers of the
neonatal gut in many mammals, where they elicit purported host health benefits. While early�…

Probiotics administered orally endure one of two fates: some merely pass through, but
others colonize the gut permanently. Although probiotics that can stably engraft in the gut�…

Background Probiotics have been used to regulate the gut microbiota and physiology in
various contexts, but their precise mechanisms of action remain unclear. Results By�…

Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum represents one of the most prevalent bifidobacterial
species in the infant, adult and elderly (human) gut. In the current study, we performed a�…

Members of Bifidobacterium are among the first microbes to colonise the human gut, and
certain species are recognised as the natural resident of human gut microbiota. Their�…

Members of the genus Bifidobacterium are among the first microbes to colonize the human
gastrointestinal tract and are believed to exert positive health benefits on their host. Due to�…

Members of the genus Bifidobacterium include gut commensals that are particularly
abundant among the microbial communities residing in the gut of healthy breast-fed infants�…

Probiotics are deliberately ingested preparations of live bacterial species that confer health
benefits on the host. Many of these species are associated with the fermentation of dairy�…

Modulation of the intestinal microbial ecosystem (IME) is a useful target to establish probiotic
efficacy in a healthy population. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, crossover, and�…