Human milk oligosaccharides and Bifidobacterium species

• DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2023.11.015
• Publication Date: 2023-12-11T20:25:09Z
• Authors: Cassie R. Bakshani; Lucy I. Crouch
• Keywords: Bifidobacterium longum; Actinomycetaceae; Dominance (genetics); Human breast milk

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