Synbiotic Intervention with Lactobacilli, Bifidobacteria, and Inulin in Healthy Volunteers Increases the Abundance of Bifidobacteria but Does Not Alter Microbial Diversity
Ingrid Maria Cecilia Rubin, Sarah Mollerup, Christa Broholm, Adam Baker, Mona Katrine Alberthe Holm, Martin Schou Pedersen, Mette Pinholt, Henrik Westh, Andreas Munk Petersen
Abstract
The effects of probiotics/synbiotics are seldom investigated in healthy volunteers; therefore, this study is important, especially considering the safety aspects of multiple probiotics together with prebiotic fiber in consumption by humans. The study explores at the potential of a synbiotic intervention with lactobacilli, bifidobacteria, and inulin in healthy volunteers and tracks the ingested probiotic strain B. animalis subsp. lactis .
Topics & Concepts
Bifidobacterium animalisLactobacillus paracaseiProbioticBiologySynbioticsFecesInulinMicrobiologyLactobacillus acidophilusFood scienceLactobacillus rhamnosusBifidobacteriumLactobacillusBacteriaFermentationGeneticsGut microbiota and healthProbiotics and Fermented FoodsMicrobial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology