Safety Evaluation and Probiotic Potency Screening of Akkermansia muciniphila Strains Isolated from Human Feces and Breast Milk
Fengyi Hou, Jingyi Tang, Yangyang Liu, Yafang Tan, Ye Wang, Lijun Zheng, Debao Liang, Yuqing Lin, Likun Wang, Zhiyuan Pan, Ruifu Yang, Yujing Bi, Fachao Zhi
Abstract
In this study, we isolated 30 strains of Akkermansia muciniphila from different samples of human feces, and for the first time we isolated an A. muciniphila strain from human breast milk. This isolation verified the existence of microbes in human breast milk, which suggests that A. muciniphila can be vertically propagated from mother to infant and participates in the formation of the early gut microbiome.
Topics & Concepts
Akkermansia muciniphilaFecesProbioticPotencyBreast milkMicrobiologyBiologyHuman breast milkMedicineTraditional medicineBacteriaImmunologyIn vitroGut floraBiochemistryGeneticsProbiotics and Fermented FoodsGut microbiota and healthInfant Nutrition and Health